I voted yours up, because it was the most logical of the three - but it can still be improved. Ed Beal Ed Beal John Canon John Canon 1, 3 3 silver badges 7 7 bronze badges. What means "feather the edges"? As you paint the corners and edges, let the paint get thinner where the roller will go. That way you don't see a bump underneath when you do the main rolling. In the same way a feather gets thinner and flatter toward the edges.
Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Version labels for answers. Related 2. Hot Network Questions. If you have to paint baseboards over carpet there are a few ways you can approach it.
You can use a carpet shield or paint shield to protect the carpet while painting. Alternatively, a more involved option is to remove the baseboard, paint it, then re-install it afterward. Bristles should be "flagged": tapered, split, and arranged in multiple lengths to form a slim tip. Synthetic ones—especially a mix of nylon and polyester, like DuPont's Chinex—hold and release latex paints exceptionally well.
Unfinished hardwood handles are easier to grip with sweaty hands, and copper or stainless-steel ferrules won't rust after you've washed the brush. Your local home center or hardware store offers lots of standard 9-inch roller cages and covers for painting walls, but they're not the only size to consider. Small foam rollers are good for door panels and wainscoting, and and even inch rollers hold enough paint to allow you to cover a lot of area faster—handy if you have a high-ceilinged great room to get color on.
Look for black sandpaper coated with silicon carbide—it won't gunk up as quickly as the standard-issue brown kind, so it'll last longer. Foam sanding sponges covered with the same stuff allow you to sneak into corners and evenly wrap around rounded trim—plus, they're reusable. Just wring them out in the water to clean them, then use them damp to trap more of the dust.
Which grit to pick? Use a medium grit or when you're prepping walls that are already in decent shape; a coarser 60 or 80 grit to take the edges off paint that is chipped or peeled.
Very fine or grit sandpaper is best for smoothing surfaces between coats of paint. Pros use miles of low-tack blue painter's tape—mainly to protect surfaces, but also as a guide for cutting in walls or ceilings. Cut in up to the edge of the tape, but don't cross over it.
Like the look of painted stripes? To put on a crisp band of color without any bleed, first lay down a line of blue painter's tape, then run a small bead of latex caulk over the edge where the two colors will meet. A few hours later, peel off the caulk. If you've masked off baseboards with painter's tape, pull it off the same day as you apply the paint—but run a blade along it first, says Siegner. Score the edge of the tape between the top of the baseboard and the wall with a putty knife held at a degree angle.
If your budget is tight—and your painting skills are decent—ask a painting contractor if he would willing to talk about splitting the job with you. Brandt Domas, owner of Domas Fine Painting in Denver, Colorado, occasionally enters into such partnerships with homeowners. We don't always have to say 'It's all or nothing. Pros always work with "wet edges.
If you can't lean on a buddy to help and you're working alone, try to cut in only as much as you can roll while the paint remains wet. There's nothing more frustrating than seeing little squiggles of lint embedded in your freshly painted walls.
To keep them at bay, wrap your hand in painter's tape—sticky side out—and pat down new roller covers to catch any stray fibers. Never dip the roller so far into the paint that the the roller arm gets wet—this is a recipe for drips. And at the start of each workday, strain your paint into a clean bucket, even if you've sealed the lid tightly overnight.
And nobody wants that. To trap sanding dust on trim, you probably already know to run tack cloth—essentially, cheesecloth embedded with sticky resin—over it. But it's also a good idea on walls. Most hardware and paint stores carry tack cloth, but if you don't have one, use a Swiffer or a microfiber dusting cloth instead.
It's not a bad idea to vacuum walls with a soft brush attachment, as well. Just be sure the vacuum has a HEPA filter to keep the dust from recirculating back into the room—and back onto your walls. Many homeowners paint the walls first, then move on to the trim while they wait for the first coat to dry. When you do the woodwork first, you can ride the trim paint onto the walls a little, then cut over it in one go. When applying your coats, don't just focus on coverage, think about a uniform thickness as well.
On woodwork, align your strokes to follow the grain. Try to avoid "fat edges"—the goopy cornices of paint that can hang over the edges of a door—and rope marks left by overloaded rollers.
After you've rolled a section of the wall, make a series of long vertical strokes—moving in one direction, left or right—up the full length of the wall. This last step, called "laying off," distributes the wet paint across the surface in a nice even layer. When you step back and look at your newly painted walls, the difference is noticeable. You may be only halfway done, but the room already feels brighter or more cozy.
Seeing these big results and being satisfied with your handiwork can give you the energy boost you need for the rest of the job. Gaines personally knows many professionals who start with the trim and finish with the walls.
Some also find it easier to cut in over the flat, wide walls than having to cut in on the more narrow and often curved and creased trim. If you have a steady hand and the time to dedicate to slowly painting the edges and corners, this might be the method for you. The truth is, though, that the process and supplies you use are far more important for getting clean edges than the order in which you paint.
The urge to rush through as quickly as you can is how you wind up making sloppy mistakes. One of the most important steps in the painting process, priming provides a smoother surface to paint, helps hold the top coat of paint, and you an overall better end result. Every surfaced to be painted needs a coat. Available in a variety of sizes, the secret weapon replaces your usual cutting-in applicator when painting the area of a wall nearest the trim or baseboard. You find it in two types: roll-on and smear-on edgers.
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