Painting a room sounds extremely easy, but on the contrary, it can be a bit difficult and messy. However, if you follow some unique techniques and some DIY hacks to paint your room, your painting job will provide you with the best results. More so, you might even be surprised by how well it came out. To find out more on painting hacks, read more!
Do It Yourself, Painting Your Rooms Like a Pro
Doing a paint job on your own is an exciting moment but it often comes with flaws. Here are some valuable DIY tips from professional painting services that you can use to your advantage.
- Plan Out
The first thing to consider is a plan that will guide you through the paint job easily. Create a visual of how you’d want your room to look. You can also use a combination of colors for all the four walls. Plan an approach; which color combination would suit the ceiling and the floor, based on light and other architectural factors. - Gather Painting Tools
If you want to paint your room as professional painting services do, it is important to stock up multiple painting tools. Among those, you can choose the best fit tool you’re comfortable painting your room with. Here are some painting tools to gather:
Paintbrushes (Medium to Large sizes)
Paint Rollers
Painting Tray
Putty Knife
Rags
Sandpaper
Painter’s tape
Drop Clothes
Paint Roller Extension Poles
- Protect Furniture
Painting can be a difficult task because you will always have paintings spilling from almost every corner and every side of the room. But, the ones that are prone to get an unremovable mark, are furniture, cabinets, countertops, refrigerator, TV, Microwave, and other items in the house. Make sure you cover them with plastic before starting to paint. Or, you can simply move the objects to a room which is safe for paints. - Apply Enough Primer
Primer is more like a background layout that brings out the vibrance of the paint. If you have walls with darker shades, then directly putting a solid paint will not bring out the color. A primer, which is white, can be applied on the wall, and then you can apply the new paints over it. However, if you have a rough surface with bites and grazed patches of previously painted tiles which is light in color, then also a primer is required to cover it up. - Choose a Sunny Day
When you schedule your paint job, the one thing that you tend to forget or rather skip is the weather condition outside. Painting on a sunny and warm day saves you a lot of time and trouble. This is because a rainy day or a cloudy day can bring a lot of humidity. This is a big cause for paints to take longer in drying and also easier for it to keep dripping. However, if you have no other choice, then it is advised to wait until the first coating of paint gets dry and then apply the second coat. - Use High-Quality Tools/Paints
When you invest your effort and money in painting, it is important to choose the right quality of applications and colors for a better result. A low-quality paint may require multiple coats of paint and a low-quality painting roller may not absorb a lot of paints during its application. Thus, invest in high-quality painting tools so that it can absorb the paint deeply. Similarly, high-quality paint will bring out the vibrance in one or two coats. Usually, painting services use high-quality products for best results - Use Tapes as Covers
If you have wall hangings that are not just easy to move but require paint protection, and the list includes electrical circuit boards, wall stickers, or something else, then use tapes. Protective taps that are water or liquid-resistant, can be applied over the object. You can also use the tap to create an endpoint where you want the paint to finish. Once it dries, you can take off the tapes. - Paint from Top
When you are about to apply the paints on the wall, bear in mind that that gravity works from top to bottom and you will always have messy splatters of paint drops running down. Thus, it would be a good idea to paint from the top section of the wall and then gradually move downwards over the drips. This way, you get the opportunity to cover all sections within a perfect balance and tone of paint. - Use a Paint Grid
Painting trays are built such that one can roll the painting roller over it and start to paint. But, it can be a very messy application process. Instead, you can use paint grids that are made of either plastic or metal with a shape of a bucket. You simply pour half of the paint into the bucket to fill it half. Then, you insert the paint grid inside the bucket. Now, all you have to do is insert the painting roller and graze against the grid to let excess paint run down. - Wrap Paint Brush for Further Use
Painting a house all by yourself is fun but it also takes a lot of time. The primer coat itself takes a day to dry off. Similarly, paints take the same amount of time to dry. But, what happens to paint-rollers and paint-brushes? Well, cleaning them will take you another inconsistent hour. Instead, what you can do is use the remaining paints on the freshly painted walls. This way, you’ll be getting rid of the extra paint that is in the paintbrush or rollers.
Now, the Final Touch Up…
Take a plastic roll or a plastic food wrapper and wrap the paintbrush or paint roller with it. Make sure it’s airtight. Apply a second layer of plastic if required. Then, keep the wrapped paint tools inside the refrigerator for the night. This will stop the brush or roller from getting dried. The next morning, take out the tools just about 30 minutes before you start to paint and unwrap it. You will see that the paintbrush is still usable. This is an essential tip if you are going to take more than a couple of days if you want to paint an entire house.
