interior painting ~ How do I paint the area near the trim & also the ceilling/wall crease of my bedroom?
This will be my very 1st experience with indoor painting (or painting of any kind, actually).
My initial thought was to use blue tape on the areas that need to be protected from any paint. But I have heard that the paint will STILL BLEED THROUGH the blue painting tape.
Is this true?
Also, we’re renting so it’s important that I don’t mess anything up.
Use a narrow brush and a steady hand and cut into the edges you’re talking about; this is much easier than taping with painter’s tape… if you make a small mistake, you can keep a damp rag to wipe up or go back later with the other paint to cover over the error. Use a roller for the large portions of the walls.
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I don’t know about blue tape but where I live painters tape is green and definitely doesn’t let paint bleed through otherwise why would professionals use it?? It is important you get
PAINTERS TAPE. Any other kind can damage the paint that is already on there or (as I found out to my horror) leave glue on my window which I had to use a razor to scrape off and it took me forever!!) When you decide to paint go to a paint store or some place like Home Depot. The people who work there are very knowledgeable and are more than happy to give you all the help and tips you need.
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if you get your roller or brush as dry as you can without being too dry then it should help. you can also take the back of a spoon and run it over the blue tapes edges before painting
some stores sell special "pad painters" (they look like flat rollers with a handle) and they have built in plastic guards made specifically for keeping trim clean. personally i’ve never tried these brushes i’ve only seen them
i also saw on tv this woman jammed a spackle tool against any area she wanted guarded from paint. … she held the spackle tool with one hand and painted with the other – i thought that was pretty brilliant, although she was working on a small area. but if you have a large area to work on, i assume you would have to wipe down the spackle tool over and over. i dont know
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Go to your local hardware store and buy a taping blade its used for drywall compound its flat and they have different sizes use that against the woodwork when you are trimming out with a paint brush it works wounderfully. Make sure you clean it often so it doesn’t smear.
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Use a narrow brush and a steady hand and cut into the edges you’re talking about; this is much easier than taping with painter’s tape… if you make a small mistake, you can keep a damp rag to wipe up or go back later with the other paint to cover over the error. Use a roller for the large portions of the walls.
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I’ve painted for 35 years.