Tuesday, March 1, 2011

A Fine Line

I live with a perfectionist...at least when it comes to painting!  I am very impressed with the technique he used to create professional looking edges throughout the entire room.

The method requires patience, diligence, time and extra paint!

Step 1: Paint wall color onto walls and onto the trim. Do not worry about a straight line you want the wall color to be on the trim.
Step 2: Use painter's tape to tape along all edges.
Step 3: Paint wall color over the tape to seal the seam.
Step 4: Paint the trim color on the trim and onto the tape's seam.
Step 5: Be sure the paint is dry and remove the tape.
Step 6: Stand back and admire your work!

The extra time and work is well worth it! You will create a fine line

2 comments:

  1. Didn't you forget a step. You said something about using an exacto knife along the tape?

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  2. I thought the exacto knife was needed all along the edge but I was wrong...only where the tape started to tear, which was along the hardwood floor where the base moulding was painted.

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