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re: About to paint an interior for the first time
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:57 pm to Capital Cajun
Posted on 5/14/18 at 6:57 pm to Capital Cajun
I've painted a lot of interior and exterior jobs in my time and here's the best I can offer as advice.
Buy quality paint to start. Cheap paint means more coats and time on the job.
Use good brushes and not those cheap things from big box stores that are basically throw aways by the end of the job.
Learn how to properly clean a brush, rollers, roller frames and your paint bucket and screen when done for the day. That goes a long way in the life of the all that equipment.
Prep work is the meat of the job. Do lousy prep work, get lousy, short lasting results.
Screw tape. With proper brushes you should be able to cut in clean lines and not need to take all that time to tape things off.
Use drop cloths at all times. Just when you think you don't need one, that is the time the paint brush or roller will drip on the floors or furniture.
That's enough for now.
Buy quality paint to start. Cheap paint means more coats and time on the job.
Use good brushes and not those cheap things from big box stores that are basically throw aways by the end of the job.
Learn how to properly clean a brush, rollers, roller frames and your paint bucket and screen when done for the day. That goes a long way in the life of the all that equipment.
Prep work is the meat of the job. Do lousy prep work, get lousy, short lasting results.
Screw tape. With proper brushes you should be able to cut in clean lines and not need to take all that time to tape things off.
Use drop cloths at all times. Just when you think you don't need one, that is the time the paint brush or roller will drip on the floors or furniture.
That's enough for now.
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Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:19 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Shouldn't you paint from the top down, i.e. Ceiling, wall, trim to cut down on drips?
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:26 pm to StealthCalais11
quote:
Genius
Maybe,
Maybe not.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:51 pm to jlovel7
Buy canvas drop cloths.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 10:06 pm to Havoc
quote:
Shouldn't you paint from the top down, i.e. Ceiling, wall, trim to cut down on drips?
Ceiling first. If painting alone, cut in the walls to the corners, ceiling and any trim on one wall at a time and then roll that wall out to completely cover it before moving on to the next wall.
If also painting trim, I like to finish the trim before the final wall coat. It is way easier to cut in the wall to the door, crown, baseboards and window trim than the other way around.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 10:42 pm to jlovel7
Get an 18 inch paint roller setup(frame, tray and roller) and cut your rolling time in half. I also recommend getting an adjustable paint stick, woosters are great.
Buy Purdy Clearcut Elite trim brushes. They hold a lot of paint and have stiff bristles that make cutting in much easier. You will be amazed at the difference the right brush makes.
Here’s a video with some techniques for cutting in:
LINK
Buy Purdy Clearcut Elite trim brushes. They hold a lot of paint and have stiff bristles that make cutting in much easier. You will be amazed at the difference the right brush makes.
Here’s a video with some techniques for cutting in:
LINK
Posted on 5/14/18 at 10:51 pm to sleepytime
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Get an 18 inch paint roller setup(frame, tray and roller) and cut your rolling time in half. I also recommend getting an adjustable paint stick, woosters are great. Buy Purdy Clearcut Elite trim brushes. They hold a lot of paint and have stiff bristles that make cutting in much easier. You will be amazed at the difference the right brush makes. Here’s a video with some techniques for cutting in: LINK
I only buy Purdy brushes and swear by them. As for rollers, I'm still old school and use the 9 inch ones and paint out of a 5 gallon bucket with a metal screen and an adjustable extension pole to reach up to damn near 20 ft. with my longest pole. I have several different extension poles on hand.
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:36 am to jlovel7
Idiot
Posted on 5/25/18 at 12:38 am to jlovel7
Painting is for trashy people.
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