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perfectp;
spirit-based sealer, so ink cannot bleed
through final paint coats.
STEP 7
If you have timber architraves
and skirting, decide if you want to keep
or paint them. If you want to paint, sand
surface thoroughly to remove as much
old finish as possible. Seal crack between
trim and wall with a paintable gap filler.
STEP 8
Before painting architraves
and skirtings, use an oil-based primer/
undercoat, to allow paint to adhere to
timber and varnish.
STEP 9
Now you're ready to add colour.
Alw ays paint ceilings before walls
and start both by ‘cutting in' - use a brush
to paint corners, cornices and anywhere
a roller can’t reach. Also use brush to
paint up to skirtings, architraves and
windows. Before loading paint, wet brush
and squeeze it out. This makes brush
easier to clean later on.
STEP 10
Pour paint into roller tray or
work from the can. If using tray, keep top
groove of tin clean with a brush so lid
will seal when you finish. When putting
paint on the brush, dip just 30mm of the
bristles, or brush will tend to drip.
STEP 1 1
You could use masking tape
at the edges, but with a bit of practice
and a steady hand, you’ll be better
cutting in by hand and eye. Hold brush
by wrapping your whole hand around it
for better control. Apply paint to wall a
little away from the line you are cutting
into, then wiggle brush slightly so bristles
and paint work their way to the line, all
while moving brush in direction you are
painting. Go over area a second or third
time, until you’re happy, then move on.
Complete all cutting in.
STEP 12
Walls are best painted by rolling.
Use a 5-1 Omm (medium) nap roller fitted
to a frame. Add an extension handle so
you can do the full wall without a ladder.
Load roller evenly with paint by working
it up and down paint tray. Spread evenly
on wall, starting a little away from a cut-in
edge at a slight angle and working back
to it. Paint about 1 m2 at a time. When
roller is just about out of paint, and
while paint on wall is still wet, 'lay off
paint by rolling from ceiling down. Use a
little pressure to blend paint and remove
any local build-up that may run or leave
ridges. Go straight to the next section, so
edges stay wet and don’t show lap lines.
Finish one wall at a time.
STEP 13
Wrap and seal roller in plastic
wrap or bag. Let walls dry. Add second
and third coats as necessary. When dry,
paint finishing coats on skirtings and
architraves with oil-based enamel. Doing
them last avoids spatter on the new
surface. Again, you may need 2 coats.
STEP 14
With painting finished, it's time
to clean-up. Use a 6 in 1 painter's tool to
scrape paint from roller back into paint
tin. Keep paint for future touch-ups. Take
roller and tray out to the garden and wash
out with garden hose.
STEP 1 5
Use several changes of water
to wash out your brush in a bucket. Don't
wash paint down the sink. As you soaked
brush first, paint should have stayed near
tip of brush, making it easy to clean.
2. Painting needs aren’t huge —
brushes
and rollers, filler and tape, sand paper and
cleaners, trays and drop sheets, ladder and
roller extension and, of course, paint!
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