How to Roll Paint Ceilings in your Home
Doing things yourself can be fun. It also saves you a lot of money and gives you satisfaction of being a part of the process. There are many people who learn all kinds of home improvement work so that they can do it themselves whenever there is a repair needed in the house or they want to make an addition to it.
It’s a pretty good skill if you are able to do some kind of home improvement yourself as the professionals charge large sums for jobs that are relatively simple to perform.
Paint is one job that costs quite a bit, both in terms of materials as well as cost of workers. You can reduce the cost of work by doing the paint yourself, especially if it is a partial paint job such as painting the ceiling and also have a chance to be a part of a fun exercise. It is not a difficult chore and can be done quite easily.
Instructions
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Get the Right Tools
In order to paint, you will need the right tools. These will include the paint itself, rollers to paint the ceiling, old sheets or newspapers to protect the floors and a handle for rollers. It’s also advisable that you get an apron to protect you clothes from possible paint stains.
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Make Preparations
The next step is to make preparations for the paint process. Make sure that you remove all the furniture out of the room. If that is not possible, cover the furniture with the old sheets of cloth or newspapers and make sure that all the flooring is also covered. This will be useful in case there is any kind of paint dripping. Also prepare the paint outside the room as a spill inside can be disastrous for the floor. Also cover the trim with the masking tape to protect from paint spoiling them.
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Paint an Outline
This will help you in knowing when you are about to go out of bounds while painting. You will need to use a brush for this. Get on a ladder and draw a border that is two to three inches wide.
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Paint
Get the roller attached with the handle and start painting. Make sure that you paint in straight lines and in a pattern that you know which areas have been painted and which need to be painted. This will help you avoid repainting certain areas as well as missing some.
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