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First time painting a room, starting with the ceiling.

When I was cutting in, I laid the paint on way too thick, I believe. (Even thicker than me :p). As in, so thick that paint was pushed out from the edge of the brush, forming like a ridge - or going by Google it may be called a "fat edge". Being a hot day, by the time I was rolling the cut-in had already dried and now I am stuck with this ridge about a 3.5" brush's width away from the wall, all around the room. Other parts of Google quite accurately call it a picture frame, but the shading is okay (it's white), it's just this ugly raised ridge.

If I sand the ridge down and then apply a second coat roller-only (positive side to using a big wide brush for the cut-in is I'll be able to roll over the sanded-down ridge) will that look okay, or will it just cause other problems like flashing?
 

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Tough to sand down edges like that but you can give it a shot. You may have to skim coat the upper wall to get it completely smooth again. I'm sure it was Behr paint as well which didn't help you either. In painter's terms, it's called "hat banding"
 

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why waste your time cutting a ceiling? just roll it tight to the edge if you get some on the wall so what it's flat ceiling paint (I assume) and your going to paint over it.
 

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I appreciate the input, but hindsight doesn't really answer the question I have now (though I will probably just give sanding a go). Cutting in has been pushed as essential by pretty much everywhere I've seen so far online, the YouTube video I was following (https://youtu.be/mNT3cpBa5HY) and even the packaging for the roller
does not mean you have to, especially on a ceiling(if you are going to paint the walls)
 
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