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Painting
the walls
Painting
a room in your home can be a fairly simple job with the right
tools, the right preparation, and a little patience.
The
first thing you want to do is remove or cover all the furniture
in the room. If you can move it out, do it. It will be less of
a hassle to have to work around it. Otherwise, move all the furniture
to the center of the room (or as far away from the walls as possible),
get some plastic covers from your local hardware store, and cover
the furniture. Be careful with using old towels or blankets to
cover the furniture. The paint will most likely go right through
it.
Make
sure, also, that you cover the floors. Spending a few bucks on
floor covers is cheaper than trying to get paint off of carpet
or hardwood floors.
The
next thing to do is to prepare the walls for painting. Remove
all pictures, window shades, wallpaper, etc. Using light spackle,
fill in any holes that you will not be reusing once your painting
is done. If you removed wallpaper, make sure that all of the
glue is off the walls, too (you can buy wallpaper glue remover
at the hardware store).
Once
all holes are filled in and glue is removed, sand the walls to
make sure they are smooth and ready for painting. You should
wear some sort of eye protection when you do this since sanding
creates a lot of dust.
Next,
you want to put masking tape over anything that borders the walls.
You need to make sure all baseboards are covered the best that
you can. If there are any light fixtures, ceiling fans, windows,
etc., make sure they are also completely covered. You will also
need to put tape on any walls you don’t want painted. For
example, if you are painting the walls and don’t want to
get that color of paint on the ceiling, you will need to run
the tape on the ceiling where the ceiling meets the walls.
Finally,
you’re ready to paint. You may want to use a primer to start.
Primer will help cover up any spots on the walls, and also get
rid of any odors from the walls, such as pet odor or smoke. Primer
doesn’t have to be a work of art since it will be covered
up, but try to cover the walls entirely. When you start to paint,
paint the wall corners and borders first. There are special brushes
or sponges you can buy to paint along corners or baseboards.
If you don’t use those, just use a regular brush. Once you’ve
done that, paint the rest of the walls with a roller. If the
walls are very rough, you’ll want to use a thick roller
to spread the paint on thick. A medium roller is the most common
used. Once you’re done, let it dry completely, then decide
if another coat would make it look better (two coats usually
does give it a better finish. Anymore than that may be too thick).
Do not open any windows until the paint has completely dried.
You don’t want flies or mosquitoes sticking to your walls.
Finally, remove all covers and tape carefully. Make sure any
paint you got on the tape has dried so that you don’t get
wet paint from the tape on anything. Move you’re furniture
carefully back into place, hang up your pictures, and enjoy your
new room.
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