How to Use a Paintbrush

Series Summary

Home remodeling is a great way to repair and replace broken items in a home. Additionally, home remodeling can bring an outdated home to contemporary standards or can maintain the classic or historical look of the home. Home repair is often the last thing homeowners want to spend money and time on. However, as many DIYers know, homeowners can do their own home repair with instructions from home renovation and construction professionals. In this free series of videos, learn some simple home maintenance tips. Oscar Moreno has been in the home construction business most of his life. He demonstrates some simple home repairs that can be done in minutes. Find out how to properly use a paintbrush. Discover how to replace an electrical outlet, as well. Be safe when working with wires by knowing how to use a volt-meter. Also, learn to strip and splice wire. With this free series of videos, keep a home looking beautiful.

Video Transcript

"Hello. My name is Oscar Moreno and I am with Moreno Custom Home Visions and today we're going to teach you guys how to properly use a paintbrush. Real simply, you're going to use, for materials, is a paintbrush. Okay, one of the key things to keep important is to never, or try to, never go past half way with paint on your paintbrush. That's just one thing that helps when you going to clean it and gives you much more life on your paintbrush. So then, real simply we're going to end up doing, of course, dipping our paintbrush in the can and with real smooth, easy strokes, we're going to be applying even pressure along with the grain, back and forth, back and forth. Now then, in some applications, you might have to take two coats, so don't be nervous if you see still some of the original color come through the, come through the paint. Just always make sure to let it dry. Paint over it one more time."