Technique for painting small area

[Bienes Raices]

I put new drywall in about a 10 SQF area in the bathroom. I had new paint made at HD from a paint chip of the existing paint.

When I paint the drywall, am I still supposed to "cut in" at the area where the new paint will meet the old paint? Or only cut in at the bottom part of the drywall? Thanks.

[Jon Holdman]

You'll get better results if you paint the entire wall with the patch. If you had the original paint you might get away with just painting the patch and feathering the new paint into the existing paint outside the patched area. But your new paint is unlikely to be an exact match. So the new paint may be noticeable if you paint only the patch. If you paint the whole wall, it will be much less noticeable where old and new meet in the corners.