How To Paint Ceiling And Not Walls

Cover the ceiling with a layer of paint.

How to paint ceiling and not walls.

Cover the ceiling near the wall with painter s tape. To apply paint to broad flat surfaces such as walls and ceilings use a 9 inch roller and a shallow roller pan. Instead try some of. Make sure the tape is on the ceiling not the wall.

When paining a room don t bother trying to use a paint brush by hand to make those perfect corner lines that never turn out perfect. Position it along the edge of the ceiling where it meets the wall. To do this start by places a strip of tape in the corner of the ceiling right where the ceiling meets the wall. The slightly thicker paint sticks better to the ceiling and stays there until fully dry.

This razor is used to carefully cut the tape edge at the caulk s surface so the dried latex paint does not rip and tear causing even more headache for you. Start in a corner and. Go back and plastic the walls with blue tape and painters plastic shoot the ceilings flat white and its done. Easier to paint and probably cheaper.

I just finished helping my sis paint her new home and we decided to paint the 9 ft walls and ceilings in two of the bedrooms the same color easier to paint and feels like a cocoon. Before you use a new roller wrap it in masking tape and then peel off the tape. Taping the roller gets rid of new roller fuzzies that can drive you crazy if they get onto a newly painted wall. If however you wait until the ceiling paint is dry before removing the masking you had better have a sharp razor knife handy.

Painter s tape doesn t leave any adhesive behind so it s the best choice for protecting the ceiling. It s really fast and sharp lines too. Decided to paint master bedroom ceiling one shade lighter on the paint chip as the wall color she chose. Check out our how to video on how to paint ceiling and interior walls.

Then slowly drag the tape along the length of the ceiling in a straight line flattening it as you go. Dip your roller into the paint tray and coat evenly making sure that excess paint has been driven from the roller. Do this by creating w or v shapes without ever removing the roller from the surface of the ceiling. Once edge is painted you should carefully remove masking and tape pulling it away at an angle so that no fresh paint on masking does not touch wall surfaces.