Interior Painting Tips: Best Practices from an Expert
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Remove hardware.Take off window locks and lifts, doorknobs and strikes, electrical cover plates, and light fixtures. Tape the screws to each piece of hardware and label its location; store the item...
Clear out obstacles.Whenever possible, relocate furniture to another room so that you can easily navigate the space where you’ll paint. Cover whatever can’t be removed with plastic s…
Clear out obstacles.Whenever possible, relocate furniture to another room so that you can easily navigate the space where you’ll paint. Cover whatever can’t be removed with plastic sheeting, and cl...
Protect floors. Pros generally avoid using painter’s tape—it’s time-consuming to apply. One place Mauro always tapes: along the bottom of baseboards. Then he tapes a wide border of rosin paper to t...
Fill holes, gaps, and cracks. Closely inspect walls and trim for imperfections; patch holes, de…
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