FOAK: Interior Painting
Mike Healy
of Solitude), and I am going to start painting the floorboards soon.
Unfortunately, the room is carpeted, which makes it a little difficult to
get to the very bottom without slopping paint all over said carpet. Is
there some special tool that is available to make this job just a little
bit easier?
I've browsed a bit on the 'net, but none of the sites that pop up
immediately have any helpful info.
Mike
kuranes
Masking Tape and Newspaper.
If you're just doing the molding, masking tape should suffice. If you're
painting the whole room, lay Newspaper around the edges of the room, tape the
newspaper to the floor, then tape a plastic tarp covering the whole floor to
the Newspaper.
Make sure it's real good quality Masking tape. Avoid the "painter's tape" that
isn't as tacky.
We had to paint a bright blue 12 year old's room when we bought our house. I
never knew white could look so good!
Cari
--
There is no way to peace, peace is the way.
Mike Healy
news:3E6389C5...@starpower.net:
>
> Masking Tape and Newspaper.
> If you're just doing the molding, masking tape should suffice. If
> you're painting the whole room, lay Newspaper around the edges of the
> room, tape the newspaper to the floor, then tape a plastic tarp
> covering the whole floor to the Newspaper.
> Make sure it's real good quality Masking tape. Avoid the "painter's
> tape" that isn't as tacky.
> We had to paint a bright blue 12 year old's room when we bought our
> house. I never knew white could look so good!
Really tacky masking tape. Check.
This room is one of the last to be redecorated from the way the Breedersons
had it. All that's left to paint is the trim and the (cheap, sliding)
closet doors.
Thanks for the response!
Mike
kuranes
If you'd like more comments, I have a few great emails from my parents about
room painting. They've been doing it for many many years and, imho, are pretty
much experts. They passed on lots of great advice that I'd be happy to email
to you if you'd like it!
Jason G
>
>Masking Tape and Newspaper.
>If you're just doing the molding, masking tape should suffice.
Be very careful with this. I used masking tape and newspaper and to my horror
the paint soaked through and/or ran through seams or something. I spent hours
with q-tips and razor blades getting paint off my tile.
I still haven't done the trim in the carpeted area because of that, and I
finished the room weeks ago. I think I'm going to try to pull the carpet up
from the tackstrip by the wall and then paint. Unless I can figure out how to
easily remove the molding completely and paint it outside, then reinstall it.
Might end up just replacing it.
--
Jason G
"I walked all around town today and it was fun, but now I am very married."
--Me to front desk clerk in Costa Rica,
confusing two similar Spanish words.
Roger Hunter
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> Unfortunately, the room is carpeted, which makes it a little difficult to
> get to the very bottom without slopping paint all over said carpet. Is
> there some special tool that is available to make this job just a little
> bit easier?
Why are the CF sullying their hands with this dirty, menial, labour? You
simply contact local decorating companies, seek quotations, select
contractor, check work satisfactory on completion, pay contractor. While
decorator is decorating, visit local art gallery/sports facility/stylish
restaurant and enjoy life. That's what I do, and I'm a poverty-stricken
breeder.
Roger.
Mike Healy
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> In article <3E6389C5...@starpower.net>, kuranes says...
>>
>>Masking Tape and Newspaper.
>>If you're just doing the molding, masking tape should suffice.
>
> Be very careful with this. I used masking tape and newspaper and to
> my horror the paint soaked through and/or ran through seams or
> something. I spent hours with q-tips and razor blades getting paint
> off my tile.
>
> I still haven't done the trim in the carpeted area because of that,
> and I finished the room weeks ago. I think I'm going to try to pull
> the carpet up from the tackstrip by the wall and then paint. Unless I
> can figure out how to easily remove the molding completely and paint
> it outside, then reinstall it. Might end up just replacing it.
>
I've had some of the same thoughts. I was hoping that there was some
sort of tool (I can visualize it, but I don't know if it exists) that
would slide along the wall, pulling the carpet away from the baseboard
*just* enough to paint the bottom with a detail brush.
Most of my hare-brained ideas don't stand up to actual use, however, so
I doubt that it would be practical.
Mike
Rabbit
.197.247.129...
Masking tape, as others have said. But if you go to the paint/wallpaper
shop, you should be able to find an item that looks like a metal squeegee.
(I'm sure there's a proper name for them, but I don't know what it is.)
It's used to mask areas while you're painting. You put it up against the
wall and paint up to it (you'll get paint on the blade) but when you pull it
away, you'll have a straight line, and no unwanted paint.
I use them religiously for painting into corners (when two walls are
different colors) or around windows.
Rabbit
Sassy Rebel Pat
>DW & I are in the process of painting my little Computer Room (the Fortress
>of Solitude), and I am going to start painting the floorboards soon.
>Unfortunately, the room is carpeted, which makes it a little difficult to
>get to the very bottom without slopping paint all over said carpet. Is
>there some special tool that is available to make this job just a little
>bit easier?
You should be able to purchase a hard plastic 'edger' thingie in the
paint department. They appear to be made of a similar type of
plastic that mini blinds are made of. Hold along the bottom edge
while you paint with a smallish brush and you (usually) don't get
paint on the carpet or floor. In a pinch you could probably use a
piece of (hard) cardboard like what's on the back of a legal pad.
The one that I have in my painter's locker has a sticker that says
"Painter's Trim Guard" - this is a heavier version with a plastic body
and metal edger. I prefer the cheapie hard plastic edgers actually.
Here's a link to a catalog with what I'm talking about as far as the
cheapies. Check out the Shurline Paint Guide:
http://www.cornerhardware.com/hardware/Paint_Supplies/Paint_Prep_Cleanup_Strippers-170.html
<http://www.cornerhardware.com/hardware/Paint_Supplies/Paint_Prep_Cleanup_Strippers-170.html>
The more expensive version is the Red Devil All Purpose Trim Guard.
Well more expensive as in about $4 vs $1.
Any home improvement/paint shop should have something similar.
Hope this helps!
Pat
Jason G
>I was hoping that there was some
>sort of tool (I can visualize it, but I don't know if it exists) that
>would slide along the wall, pulling the carpet away from the baseboard
>*just* enough to paint the bottom with a detail brush.
If you find one, please let me know. But it seems like the carpet has to be
pulled UP off the tack strip and folded back, not pulled horizontally away from
the trim.
Of course, I'm sure I'll then not be able to get the carpet back down right...
Todd Isaac
is scooped. You push it down into the carpet shielding the carpet while you paint
the wood work. They came in various sized, I bought at ACE hardware. You only
have to be careful the paint doesn't drip onto the edge of the edger, other wise
you end up with a nice paint line.
Another thing that work in a pinch is a bowl scraper. (flexible plastice is for
scraping food out of bowl)
Also an ice scrape is shaped almost right for the job, though you want to use a
thiner one.
Jay
at mapma...@interaccess.com wrote on 3/3/03 11:34 AM:
What I used was " Caution" tape (printed yards of durable plastic rolls,
about 2in wide) under the trim and then edged plastic of newsprint under
that and covering the room.
Cheap, fast, easy and re-uasable.
Winnie
"Rabbit" <rab...@hotstar.net> wrote in message
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> Masking tape, as others have said. But if you go to the paint/wallpaper
> shop, you should be able to find an item that looks like a metal squeegee.
> (I'm sure there's a proper name for them, but I don't know what it is.)
>
> It's used to mask areas while you're painting. You put it up against the
> wall and paint up to it (you'll get paint on the blade) but when you pull
it
> away, you'll have a straight line, and no unwanted paint.
>
> I use them religiously for painting into corners (when two walls are
> different colors) or around windows.
>
> Rabbit
Do a test away from the carpet first; I tried one of those and it didn't
work for me. Probably my incompetence, but better safe than sorry....
Winnie
Jason G
>
>I have used a large 18 inch edger tool, made out of thin flexible metal, the
>>design is scooped. You push it down into the carpet shielding the carpet
>>while you paint the wood work.
<scratches head>
But, then when you move it to paint the next bit, wouldn't the carpet spring up
and touch the wet paint? My carpet rises about 3/8in above the actual bottom
of the trim because of the pad, etc.
Lee
We bought some of these and they worked fine.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?G64E12BA3
or, if that doesn't work,
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product.asp?pf%5Fid=44792zz&dept%5Fid=130&str
FindSpec=&Solutions=&code=
Lee
Todd Isaac
little, along with the type of carpet, the carpet didn't spring right back into the
woodwork. In fact after the paint dried I had to brush the carpet back into the
corners.
Mike Healy
news:3E63BBEA...@grapevine.net:
> I have used a large 18 inch edger tool, made out of thin flexible
> metal, the design is scooped. You push it down into the carpet
> shielding the carpet while you paint the wood work. They came in
> various sized, I bought at ACE hardware. You only have to be careful
> the paint doesn't drip onto the edge of the edger, other wise you end
> up with a nice paint line.
If any of y'all still give a hoot, I found some plastic "carpet guards"
similar to what Todd describes above. Hopefully I'll get to try them out
this weekend. Wish me luck - with my mad painting skeelz, I'll need it.
Mike