How to Paint a Room
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After much thought, you are convinced that a paint job is what your tired old room actually needs. It makes perfect sense to spare an entire day to paint, so that you’re actually done with the re-look in one go rather then a few hours here and there lasting a week or so. Presented below is a step by step approach you should follow in order to make your paint experience safe, fun and worthwhile. Here goes nothing:
Step 1: The wall cleanup:
The first and foremost step before you start to paint involves cleaning the walls to be painted thoroughly. Grab yourself a brand new sponge and have it dipped in a dilute dishwashing solution or sugar soap that can be bought in any supermarket. Use the sponge to do away with any dirt, grease and dust. Once done, take a separate sponge, have it dipped in clean water and use it to stop the remove the remaining soap that is sticking onto the walls after the cleanup. This should ensure a utterly clean surface to paint on.
Step 2: Painter’s tape application:
The next step involves taping the windows and the doorframes to safeguard against paint uncontrollable paint spills. Painter’s tape can easily be obtained from any hardware store. An important point here is strictly not to use your average electrical tape instead - it’s not going to work here. The Painter’s tape has been designed to absorb the dripping paint drops, the average tape doesn’t do that well enough and can leave a nasty mark on your wood work. Once you are done with the paint coats, be sure to remove the tape while the paint is still wet. This prevents paint being peeled off with the tape itself. It is also a good idea to place down a protective sheet over your carpet so that you do not have any accidental spills on it.
Step 3: Wall priming:
Some people think a wall that’s already been painted several times does not require priming. A hefty percentage of professional painters think otherwise. With strikingly different opinions that exist regarding the very exercise of priming a wall, we continue to be advocates of wall priming and strongly recommend it. A primer coat helps in maximizing the paint coverage, resulting in the final coat to a way smoother finish - just the way you want it.
Step 4: Brush what’s left:
While the primary coats are recommended to be done using a roller, the same can’t possibly reach the tighter spots (the trims and the corners, for instance). In such a case, its emphasized to make use of an angled brush (smaller sized recommended).
Step 5: The M patterned coats:
For the primary coats, start at the corners and roll on in a an M shaped (or a W shaped) manner, the strokes ideally being three to four feet in length. What’s utterly important here is not to lift the roller during one particular M-shaped coat. Keep it rolling till you’re done. And be sure to concentrate on one wall at a time.
Step 6: Hit the trims
If you have decided to paint your Trims then the moment you’re done painting and the paint has completely dried out, tape the region where the trim contacts the dried wall. Give the moldings, the window frames and the door the same treatment as your walls, only this time with a two to three inch angled brush.
If this all seems like too much work then you may just want to pay a professional to do it :)
How to get a professional painter to paint your room
If you don't have the time, tools nor inclination to paint your room, you can always hire a professional painter to do it for you.
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