Painting - Painting Stripes - Advice Needed
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nt_venture
12-22-03, 12:13 PM
We just bought a new house, and want to paint my 1 year old daughter's room over the holidays before carpeting is installed.
Room is currently painted with "builder beige" flat Sherwin Williams paint.
Wife wants me to paint 18" textured pale pink stripes in room (alternating with the existing beige for the stripes). Here is the procedure I will attempt, and am looking for any advice that will help.
1. Mark off lines. Was thinking about building a template of wood that is 18" wide. Mark the wall top and bottom every 18", set 8 foot long piece of wood that is 18" wide in place and draw light pencil line along edge from floor to celing. Move board over to next line and repeat.
2. Apply painter's tape (blue 3M stuff) from top to bottom along the edge of the stripe.
3. Apply a glaze to seal the tape edge and make sure it the pink does not bleed underneath.
4. Paint pink stripe with roller. Behr satin interior.
5. On 2nd coat of pink, use a wallpaper brush or something to add texture.
Will this work or I am I going to go crazy with this project?!?!? Thanks!
Room is currently painted with "builder beige" flat Sherwin Williams paint.
Wife wants me to paint 18" textured pale pink stripes in room (alternating with the existing beige for the stripes). Here is the procedure I will attempt, and am looking for any advice that will help.
1. Mark off lines. Was thinking about building a template of wood that is 18" wide. Mark the wall top and bottom every 18", set 8 foot long piece of wood that is 18" wide in place and draw light pencil line along edge from floor to celing. Move board over to next line and repeat.
2. Apply painter's tape (blue 3M stuff) from top to bottom along the edge of the stripe.
3. Apply a glaze to seal the tape edge and make sure it the pink does not bleed underneath.
4. Paint pink stripe with roller. Behr satin interior.
5. On 2nd coat of pink, use a wallpaper brush or something to add texture.
Will this work or I am I going to go crazy with this project?!?!? Thanks!
chfite
12-22-03, 04:46 PM
Here is an article on painting stripes.
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/wrapper_pg2art.asp?L=owner&K=proj&N=ideaproj&art=1.2.1.1.20
Hope this helps.
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/wrapper_pg2art.asp?L=owner&K=proj&N=ideaproj&art=1.2.1.1.20
Hope this helps.
prowallguy
12-23-03, 06:40 AM
Everything sounds reasonable except for
3. Apply a glaze to seal the tape edge and make sure it the pink does not bleed underneath.
How would you plan on getting the tape off when done?
3. Apply a glaze to seal the tape edge and make sure it the pink does not bleed underneath.
How would you plan on getting the tape off when done?
BobF
12-23-03, 09:03 AM
Use a pen and make it a very faint line. You will have a hard time with the pencil line. If you do use pencil, make it vey very VERY light.
Don't use the glaze either. Use quality painters tape and press it down on the edge. Remove the tape as soon as you are done for the day. Do not leave it on overnight. If you need to do a second coat for whatever reason, retape.
Don't sweat the mistakes. Big mistakes can be touched up. Little mistakes will not be noticed.
Don't use the glaze either. Use quality painters tape and press it down on the edge. Remove the tape as soon as you are done for the day. Do not leave it on overnight. If you need to do a second coat for whatever reason, retape.
Don't sweat the mistakes. Big mistakes can be touched up. Little mistakes will not be noticed.
nt_venture
12-28-03, 04:42 PM
Thanks for all the input everyone.
After giving this a try, the problem appears to be that the painters tape (3M blue 2") pulls off the base coat (flat Sherwin Williams "builder beige" applied several months ago) when we remove the tape.
Any suggestions to avoid this? Would it help if we painted over this flat paint with something else?
After giving this a try, the problem appears to be that the painters tape (3M blue 2") pulls off the base coat (flat Sherwin Williams "builder beige" applied several months ago) when we remove the tape.
Any suggestions to avoid this? Would it help if we painted over this flat paint with something else?
prowallguy
12-28-03, 07:14 PM
Yeah, you might want to apply a coat of real paint over the builders junk.
This should solve that problem unless the builders paint was applied over dusty walls or just didn't cure down tight to the drywall.
It also shows that the builder obviously didn't use any primer. Its a sad state of affairs when builders cut corners to pinch an extra penny out of a job. Whatever happened to pride in workmanship??? :mad:
Try an 'x' test. In a couple spots around the room, use a razor blade and cut an 'x' into the paint, or a tic-tac-toe design. Then apply masking tape, and pull off. If the paint comes off, you should seal the walls with Zinsser's Gardz, or Scotch Paint's DrawTiTe. A slow drying, penetrating alkyd primer might work also.
Good luck
This should solve that problem unless the builders paint was applied over dusty walls or just didn't cure down tight to the drywall.
It also shows that the builder obviously didn't use any primer. Its a sad state of affairs when builders cut corners to pinch an extra penny out of a job. Whatever happened to pride in workmanship??? :mad:
Try an 'x' test. In a couple spots around the room, use a razor blade and cut an 'x' into the paint, or a tic-tac-toe design. Then apply masking tape, and pull off. If the paint comes off, you should seal the walls with Zinsser's Gardz, or Scotch Paint's DrawTiTe. A slow drying, penetrating alkyd primer might work also.
Good luck