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PAINTING TIPS
(From the Pros)
Follow
these tips and you will save your self a lot of time, and
frustration.
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Slosh Your Brush:
Before
painting, slosh your brush in whatever solvent you will be using.
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Wrap Brush or Roller:
Tightly in a plastic bag and you will not have to clean It,
excellent for
painting day to day.
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Latex Gloves or Lotion:
Latex gloves
are great for keeping your hands clean (especially if
you're using oil-based paint!).
If you can't stand latex gloves a thick application of hand lotion
before painting will make cleaning
a lot easier later on.
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Wet Edge:
Always keep a
wet edge as you paint, and work away from that wet edge. If you
paint over a dry edge, you
will get overlap marks.
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Avoid Cheap
Roller Covers and Brushes:
Cheap roller
covers leave fuzz on the wall. Cheap
brushes leave
streaky brush marks.
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Test for
Loose Paint:
Apply a strip
of duct tape to the existing painted surface and rip it away.
If
flakes of paint more than microscopic
size come off, you may need to scrape and sand.
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Low-Stick
Masking Tape (Blue Tape):
this
tape comes off easier w/out peeling off
existing primer or pain. Worth the
extra $.
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Painting Process / Order:
- Ceiling
- Walls
- Trim
- Cabinets
- Doors
- Storing mud's (sheetrock,
texture, etc.) simply add water to the bucket on top of the mud,
this will prevent the mud from drying out, simply pour the water
out before using.
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