Paint A Room Prep & Paint PAINT A HOUSE Your Guide To Do-It-Yourself Home Painting

PREP PAINT

Spackle cracks, holes etc. Do it as instructed in SPACKLING
Caulk wood casings (where stained & varnished wood meets wall), cracks, baseboard, mouldings; anywhere where cracks exist. Follow advice in CAULKING
Stain Seal all spackled patches if you are going to paint over them with satin, semi or gloss paint. Flat does not require "spotting" in like this. Also Stain Seal any scuff marks, crayon, water marks etc.
Prime surfaces ONLY IF NECESSARY... SEE our Section On Priming before you do any Priming...
"Cut"(brush-in) in ceiling corners, ceiling-wall edges and ceiling light fixtures with your finish coat paint. NOTE: if walls are the same color as ceiling, cut in wall corners about half-way down to floor at this time. IMPORTANT: LEARN HOW TO CUT HERE
Roll out ceiling with your finish coat paint. SEE ROLL CEILINGS
Clean-up tools before changing colors to paint walls. SEE CLEANING-UP
Finish brushing walls. SEE WALLS
Roll out walls. SEE ROLL WALLS
Finish brushing base...
Clean-up again...
Remove tape and other covered areas...
Replace ceiling light fixture and other fixtures etc.
Remove drops. Be CAREFUL to fold-in droppings, chips etc. and shake out drops somewhere else...
Replace furniture. NOTE: Acrylic paint needs 1-3hrs to dry to the touch and 14/days to "cure" hard...

tip Always use a High Quality Paint... saving a few bucks by using inferior paint is a BIG mistake and you'll pay for it down the road! [read all the tips]

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