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So, you have got your walls, ceiling and floor painted, right? But something is missing, it’s not quite looking like your dream, as yet. This article is intended to start from where we left in the last one. Once you are through painting your room, the way it is suggested here, you definitely will have your dream (home) filled with your own colors. For those of you, who have just joined and is not with us from article I, I’ll advice you to take time out and read the previous one first before moving further.
In this article, we’ll start with painting windows and then we’ll move to paint baseboards, trims and wainscoting, passing through these we’ll end our journey by painting the doors and shutting out ourselves out of the room. But, before you start advancing towards the paintbrush, you should look for the defects in the surfaces to be painted and that includes trims as well. Fix the flaw (if it had any) and sand the surfaces. Now, you are all set to take the paintbrush in your hand.
Painting WindowsTo paint windows, I’d suggest you to go for a 2- or 2-1/2-inch sash trim brush. This brush is slightly angled at the bottom that will make it easier to paint 90-degree coroners and other tight spaces. Please read carefully the instructions given below. This work is slightly tricky.
The First StepThe First step in the process of painting wood-frame window is to raise the bottom sash higher, more than half way up and lower the upper sash and let the bottom rail drop down several inches lower than the bottom sash. This will help us in painting the bottom rail of the top sash. Now, paint the entire surface of the bottom sash, but leave out the top edge. Try painting the stiles as far as you can.
The Second StepWhen your are done with this part, transpose the window sashes: raise the top sash up to within an inch of the window frame and move the bottom frame down to within an inch of the windows will. This will free the formerly obstructed part of the window. Now paint the top edge of the bottom sash followed by painting the top edge of the top sash. The obstructed area of the top sash can also be painted now.
The Third StepPaint the window frames and the painting should be done from top to bottom. Include the sill in this painting but leave out the wood jambs in which the sashes moves up and down, for the time being.
The Fourth StepLeave the window to dry and once they dries out, move both the sashes down, as far as you can, and now apply paint to the exposed jambs. Wait for the paint to dry and now use the same process, to paint the lower jambs (move both the sashes upward). Allow enough time to dry. You should not apply a thick coat of paint in the wood jambs or else sashes will stick in the jambs, use only the amount required to cover the old paint. Once you are done painting and the paints have dried out, now consider using the paraffin or the silicone spray to lubricate the channel.
Painting TrimsIf you are using a single color and just one finish for the entire surface then trims could be painted while applying paints to the walls. But this will slow you down, as you have to switch between the roller and the brush.
Use the painter’s tape on mask the trims, if you subscribe to the school of painting that suggest in favour of painting the trims first and then doing the walls.
Painting BaseboardsUse five or six short strokes followed by one long and smooth stroke, coming from top to bottom, this is how you paint the top of a baseboard. Use a piece of cardboard as a moveable mask to avoid spills on the floor or on the wall, and paint the top and the bottom of the baseboards. Now paint the unpainted surface between the long brush strokes. Paint in sections of 2 or 3 feet. Keep on scanning the surface for spatters, drips and overlapped edges while painting. If you find any flaw, fix it then and there, waiting to do the patching up in the end will not help, as the paint would be dry by then leaving section-edge marks behind.
Painting WainscotingWainscoting or paneling can be painted using the same approach used in painting the baseboards. Use a cardboard as a mask to cut in the top and the bottom edges. Now paint the indented panels and corners, and then paint the molding around them. Keep the brushstroke towards the center of the panel, as paint tends to get amassed at the corner. Start from the top and go towards the bottom, when applying paint to the raised surface between the panels or around them. Use the up-and-down strokes to paint the verticals and the back-and-forth strokes to paint the horizontals.
Painting DoorsWe are about to end our journey, by now, the room must have taken the shape of your dream. We just need to do the final thing; we need to paint the door. Painting a flush door (a door with flat and smooth surface) is easy and can be done, by using either a roller or a brush, but painting a door that has inset panels is a tricky business.
Regardless of which type of door you are painting, you’ve to paint the entire door in one go, without giving any intermittent pause. This precaution is taken to avoid the trace of any lap marks or session gaps.
To avoid, paint spills and spatters, remove the latch plate from the edge of the door, the doorknobs, and the plates behind the doorknobs.
Start with painting the inset panel of the door, if you are dealing with the ornate door. Follow the technique you adopted in painting wainscoting, and the panels and the molding around them. Then paint your way downward: paint the top rail followed by painting the middle rail and finally the bottom rail (the horizontals) using the back-and-forth brushstrokes.
Start painting the vertical stiles, without any delay, using the up-and-down strokes. Repeat the process on the backside of the door as well (if you are painting both side of the door). Once done, paint the top edge applying a thin coat of paint. Applying thick coat will cause the door to stick. Give the door your final touch by painting the edges near the latch and the door’s hinge.
I hope, you had good time reading this and painting your room. We’ll meet again through the next article, till then, keep exploring.
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