But tomorrow I get to go to a class and learn creative thinking and design translated on canvas from a very talented person ,Deb Drager. She is awesomely creative! http://www.ddrager.com/
For two days I get to do something that I love to do, but can't seem to fit it into my life much these days.
Hopefully that will change sooner than later. I'm sure when I get back I will have some great insights to share with you all.
For now though I would like to give you a few tips on painting that can make the experience of transforming a room in your home with color a joy and not a hassle.
After you have gone through the decision making process of choosing just the right color (this may take longer than the actual painting process.) Round up some help to move out the furniture or at least push it to the center
( that is if your not painting the ceiling). Remove all wall hangings and outlet and switch plate covers, please do not paint over these while they are on the wall (makes it look very tacky.)
- However if you would like to paint them to match:
- Make sure they are clean and dry
- Sand them lightly with a sanding sponge
- Spray with a spray primer such as Kilz Or Bin( found in any hardware store) .This gives your final paint something to adhere to so that it will not easily scratch off . Allow to dry
- Brush on a couple of coats of your paint color and allow to dry overnight.
Moving on....fill in any small nail holes or gauges with spackling compound, this dries quicker than joint compound and doesn't shrink as much. Allow to dry, sand smooth with sanding sponge. At this point spot priming with a primer over these fixes will give your final coat of paint a much more consistent look. If you have larger repairs to do, use joint compound to fix these. At this point you will have realized you should have planned for another day to begin painting because joint compound will take quite a while to dry. Using a fan will help speed up the process.
Lay down drop cloths and cover any other necessary furnishings.
Now the painting process may begin. Oops! Almost forgot. The dreaded taping off. I don't tape off trim and ceilings etc., so it's easy for me to not mention it.
There are twos ways to look at this process Good or Evil or perhaps both. What I mean is, if your going to tape off there are some things to consider. It seems that no matter how well you tape off you will inevitably get some paint bleeding under the tape. So my suggestion is to remove the tape as soon as your are finished with a wall, then using a damp rag immediately wipe off what bled through. Unfortunately, allowing the paint to dry between coats will not help this situation. By the time you get the second coat of paint on and remove the tape, what bled through from the first coat will already be dry. And never mind the ceiling, if you didn't paint your ceiling first, before the walls, you won't have any ceiling paint to fix any bleed through that occurred there. It is much quicker and easier to get a really good brush with the bristles cut at an angle (sash brush) and one that has soft bristles. Using that and a damp rag to clean up immediately anything that you may get on the trim. Same for the ceiling, even though this is much more difficult for most people it's worth a try. If it doesn't work for you then revert to the taping off. uhhgggg! Just make sure you remove the tape ASP. Much easier to remove and clean up any boo boos......
My next post will continue where this lets off...more pointers on a great paint job!
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