There are not many projects that you can do to your house, so much to offer improvements to such a low price as interior painting. You can use the entire look and feel of a room in very little time. Painting is a great way to upgrade all the rooms with only a little time and effort.
If you decided on your color, go to your local paint or hardware store with the suit and have enough paint mixed to cover your entire room. Latex paint should be your firstChoice for painting your walls. The most common color for the walls shine is flat, eggshell and satin. Flat finishes will be defects in the wall to hide a lot better than eggshell or satin finishes, but did not resist, and dirt and is difficult to clean. Eggshell or satin would be the better choice for high-traffic areas. If you need to trim the color in your room, you also need to buy your trim color. The most common color for painting trim is white, but you can paint it any color youSelect only be sure that it complements your wall color. Trim paint is usually semigloss or gloss, both of which form a hard shell when dry and holds very well to wear.
There are some tools and materials that you must have to complete the project. They fall cloths or tarpaulins, paint roller, paint tray must, brush, screwdriver, putty, wall putty mixes and household cleaners.
1. Move to the beginning, all the furniture from the walls and set theElements in the middle of the room. First you need to cover all your floors and furniture with drop cloths. You can also use disposable plastic covers to place over your furniture instead of drop cloths, if you choose. Remove all electrical switches and covers. After removing the switch plates, replace the screws, so they are not lost. Remove all pictures and other items hanging from the walls.
2. With a cleaning solution, clean the walls thoroughly. Rinsedry with water and let it complete. If you have any stains such as smoke or water stains you need to prime these areas with an oil primer. If you do not aerate these areas first, the stains will penetrate the new color.
3. With the wall filler blends and a putty knife, repair all nail holes in the drywall. Once the wall filler mixture dries, lightly sand the area with fine sandpaper grain.
4. Paint by trimming around all doors, windows, baseboardsand meet the edge where your walls and ceilings. If you do not plan to paint your trim, you can tape the edges of the painting with the TRIM tape before you paint too.
5. Use your paint roller and paint tray, paint the walls of the upper corner and work your way down the wall with the color. Apply the paint in small sections, usually an area of approximately 4 'x 4' can be covered with each roller refill. Start each new section beside the previous and mixture of colorsEdges together while still wet.
6. Work quickly and do not stop until you have completed one wall or a break a door or the corner of the room, so you can keep a wet edge reached.
7. Let the first coat to dry completely and then determine if you need an extra coat of paint.
8. When painting trim, paint the tops of doors and windows first and work your way down so that you remove any runs as you go. Paint your baseboardslast.
Let the paint dry thoroughly for at least a full day before hanging your pictures back on the walls.
Take your time and good luck. The benefits of interior finishes, you worthwhile the time and effort you invest.
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