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Any room painting tips ST can't paint without?

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jul 22 '24, 10:59

Painting our family room, that just had baseboards and crown molding installed (that I also need to fill in the nail holes and then paint both), and also painting all 4 walls of a pretty large room.

Using a roller, lots of painter's (blue) tape, drop cloths, and some brushes for doing the edges by the molding/bases and corners.

Any other great advice?

Responses:

Paint...at least two cans for that job. -- nm - . Jul 22, 12:29
don't try to one coat it, it rarely works, give a quick coat with thinned paint, then paint for reals. much better coverage -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:25
those paint rollers with a paint storage tube don't actually suc. makes the work go much faster. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 22, 11:16
Avoid painting the carpet. -- nm - LFG Jul 22, 11:15 3
- and don't paint the ceiling with your wall color -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 11:16 2
  - I don't always agree with this. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 22, 12:14 1
    - well, you might do it on purpose. Mine is never on purpose - oblique Jul 22, 12:15
I like the Home RenoVision DIY channel -- (link) - Max Jul 22, 11:11 [youtube]
Dano has done his WHOLE HOUSE - this is what he says -- (link) - Pippy Jul 22, 11:03 [Backboard] 8
- I don't understand the "Learn to cut in without tape" part? What are "cut in brushes?" -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 11:20 6
  - brushes with angled bristles (like a 45 degree angle instead of horizontal brushes) -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 11:30 1
    - Yup. You start about 2" from the edge and as you brush you slowly angle in towards the edge. With a steady hand you can avoid a lot of taping. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 11:48
  - The parts around the edges that you don’t get with the roller. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 22, 11:24 3
    - Thanks. I'm watching Max's link now and he explained it ("cut and roll the wall"). -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 11:42 2
      - Cut in sections and not the whole room. You want to roll when the cut is still wet so it blends in nicely. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 11:50 1
        
        Yeah, I already f*cked that up. :D (Should've asked this last night before I started.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 12:36
- the cleaning the wall piece of advice is great. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 22, 11:05
Pay someone to do it - oblique Jul 22, 11:02
One trick I learned is that if you have to use a brush, but don't want that to not match what was rolled, you can dab with a foam brush -- (edited) - sycor Jul 22, 11:01 1
- Corners and edges by both bases/molding I could see that happening. I'll get some foam brushes (I only have bristle brushes). -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 11:21

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