Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Useful information for painting interior walls

The walls of your home are bright white, right? Or some unsightly color that needs a change?

And instead of seeing them as the perfect blank canvases to create a masterpiece, you see them as a laborious assignment you must tackle in order to improve the look of your décor.

Like the rest of us you probably do everything to liven up your home—hang pictures, throw down a rug or two; everything except taking on what you believe will be the intolerable task of painting.

This is understandable. Because there is so much conflicting information out there about painting you likely don’t know what to listen to. Well fret no longer. You have stopped on the right page.

Here you will receive some of the best tips that will make painting your interior walls as painless as possible.

First Things First (What You’ll Need…)

The supplies you’ll need to adequately paint your walls are as follows:
Disposable rubber gloves 3-inch flat brush Small angled brush to paint the trim and/or corners Newspapers, plastic or a canvas drop cloth to protect floors from paint spills and splatter

The blue painter's tape that won’t take paint off with it when you remove it Spackle (to fill in holes and imperfections on the wall) Putty knife Sandpaper (to sand down the spackle to a smooth, “paintable” surface) Turpentine (for oil-based paint) Pail to wash out your brushes Cleaning rags Paint Roller with extension rod to reach tall walls and ceilings Paint tray Primer