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Painting is one of the best ways to transform a room in your home. And once you have the right tools at your disposal, you can maximize your time and paint with ease. One such tool is the Wooster Shortcut 2 in. Angle Sash Brush, which is perfect for cutting in corners, angles, ceilings, and baseboards. 

I have been DIY-ing professionally for the past four years, working on both personal and client projects. Over the years, I've tried my fair share of brushes and paint products. For this review, I even challenged myself to use the Wooster brush without painter's tape — a thrilling experiment that yielded great results.

Typically, the best way to paint a wall is to first cut in all corners, ceilings, and baseboards using a paintbrush, and then finish the wall with a roller brush.

Something that I run into while using long wood-handle paintbrushes is that my wrist starts to hurt and my hand can cramp up, especially with large-scale projects that involve a lot of brushing. With the Wooster Shortcut brush, I don't notice any wrist or hand pain, which I credit to its flexible handle.

Using painter's tape is a totally personal preference. I typically opt out of it while using the Wooster brush because the bristles are cut with precision, and the angle of the brush hairs (also known as the "sash") adds an element of control for the painter.

Above is a great example of when you can feel confident cutting in without using painter's tape: textured popcorn ceilings. Tape quite literally won't stick to it. But you can set yourself up for success by using the Wooster brush to give you crisp lines where the walls meet the ceiling. 

I went with a soothing green paint color to encourage focus (hello, color theory!) and to make the colors of my vintage art piece POP.

After clearing out the room and adding floor protection, I was ready to cut. The Wooster brush helped speed along the process, making my total cutting time around 30 minutes (a standard wooden-handle brush would have been about twice that). It's a fairly straightforward room in a box shape, so I didn't have any odd angles to maneuver around. 

I did find that the paint pulled fairly easily. Now, this could be a paint issue (I used Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog in Eggshell) or a brush issue. Pulling happens when you brush on the paint and, rather than staying put, it slides down with the brush.

The issue was resolved with the second coat of paint. The best advice I would have to mitigate pulling would be to avoid loading up too much paint on the brush, and then let each coat fully dry before adding another. 

I'm thrilled with the new pop of color in my home office and I'm confident that future paint projects will go just as smoothly using the Wooster Angle Sash Brush. 

Pros: Flexible, bristles cut with precision, easy to use

Cons: Pulls paint with first coat

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