Best way to paint a wall near where it meets the ceiling?

[lokiju]

Ugg, this thread reminds me I need to finish painting my guest room after repairing the ceiling last year from a AC overflow.

It was the 2nd time its happened (found root cause and should never happen again) but being I went through all of it before I really had little desire to take the time I should of and the drywall patch job I did was really bad. I'm half tempted to hire someone to come in and tear out the work I did and redo it and then paint the ceiling and walls in there. Just absolutely HATE doing drywall and really really really hate doing drywall above my head.

 

[x-alki]

Whats with all the taping? By the time you get everything taped you could have painted it free hand.

 

[x-alki]

Got it all done last night. I used that Wooster Shortcut brush pictured above. Found out that the best technique was to start where I wanted, then move at a rapid pace with the tip of the brush pointed slightly up. Was able to make a near perfect line on all four walls.

The only "slipups" were where the walls are not perfectly straight, but it looks pretty damn good if I do say so myself

Thanks guys!

Pics?

 

[Squisher]

Whats with all the taping? By the time you get everything taped you could have painted it free hand.

Sometimes you need tape

 

[Squisher]

btw OP, no one will ever see the slip ups that you see when you look at it.

 

[NFS4]

Pics?

I took these pics last night at around 1 AM after I was exhausted from painting all afternoon/night.

 

[EliteRetard]

Whats with all the taping? By the time you get everything taped you could have painted it free hand.

Tape and caulk is extremely fast and efficient. I just saw a 2 bed 2 bath 1100sq ft condo prepped in ~45min with 2 people (floors ceiling windows doors). Use a masking gun with 2-3" paper for most (using it to overlap a dropcloth gives complete protection with no fuss). Ceiling just stick a corner, run to the other side stick it, press and caulk done. Now you can paint like a madman no worries about bleeding, spots, splatters, or drips. And with a good roller and proper technique you can lay down the paint fast with no oops marks or strange roller lines. Yet you'd rather spend 45min painting ceiling line freehand in one room (edit: sounds like it took a few hours).

Oh and a tip, instead of dealing with clumsy ladders you could build yourself a little stilt setup with some scrap wood and tape (or rope/velcro). Could be as simple as stacking a few 2x4s.

 

[KeithTalent]

I took these pics last night at around 1 AM after I was exhausted from painting all afternoon/night.
*snip*

Nice. Looks like the colour of my bedroom.

KT

 

[EliteRetard]

Yeah, from the pics it looks pretty good. I wonder, what do you think that would have been worth for a pro to do? I always hear people say they charge to much, until they do it themselves

 

[jupiter57]

Sometimes you need tape

My God, Squish!
I hope this room is for a girl or a Gay friend!?
:biggrin:

 

[marvdmartian]

Here you go, this looks interesting.

Just remember, you have to be smarter than the device you're using to paint with!

 

[NFS4]

Yeah, from the pics it looks pretty good. I wonder, what do you think that would have been worth for a pro to do? I always hear people say they charge to much, until they do it themselves

I dunno, I'm pretty cheap. Can't see myself paying someone to paint such a small room.

I really didn't find it all that hard to do. It took me about an hour to tape the baseboard, window frame, door, tape the outlets, and mask off the closet.

Painting took me a few hours, but after I had rolled it, I found a few spots here in there that I missed (I could still see specks of white) once the paint dried. So I'd have to go back and touch up.

But going back to your original question, there was a Groupon here locally back in June for $79 where a company would paint one room up to 12' x 12' and up to 10ft ceilings (you had to provide the paint). They said it was a $210 value.

 

[paperfist]

Here you go, this looks interesting.

Just remember, you have to be smarter than the device you're using to paint with!

Man with all the paint they are loading up on that thing I think there's gonna be a few runs in the paint

btw OP, no one will ever see the slip ups that you see when you look at it.

Amen!

 

[0roo0roo]

Sometimes you need tape

Wow, all that trouble for halloween?

 

[Squisher]

My God, Squish!
I hope this room is for a girl or a Gay friend!?
:biggrin:

Dining Room

 

[0roo0roo]

lol its a nice room, but the colors are so bold they assault my eyes

 

[Fritzo]

I use one of those square pads with guide wheels on one side. You dip it in paint, swipe away, and you're done in 10 seconds, Just don'y get paint on the wheels.

 

[feralkid]

Just be careful if you use one of those guards. You have to start on the ceiling and slide it to the corner of the ceiling/wall being careful not to touch the paint you just laid. I've used those too and they work for the first few feet then they end up with paint on the wrong side and then the ceiling.

Yeah, you really have to wipe it clean before moving on. I keep a damp rag handy, or just wipe it on my "painter's pants".

Using a shorter one is actually easier to control and keep clean.

 

[rh71]

we had to paint an entire house after renovations and the thought of doing all the taping made us pay over $6k for handymen to do it... just fricken paint but also fricken impossible. One professional painter wanted $13k!

 

[NFS4]

we had to paint an entire house after renovations and the thought of doing all the taping made us pay over $6k for handymen to do it... just fricken paint but also fricken impossible. One professional painter wanted $13k!

WTF!!??

 

[janas19]

Does this thread really have 70 posts?

Steady hand and small brush. Duh

 

[janas19]

Dining Room

Ok. I take back my previous post

This is pretty damn cool. Post on, good people, ignore me I'm an idiot lol

 

[JEDIYoda]

So, I'm prepping the baby's room for painting. I've already masked off the baseboard , window trim, taken off wall outlet plates and taped over power receptacles and various other odds and ends.

However, I'm painting the room Carolina Blue and the ceiling is an off white. I've tried running tape on the ceiling to where it meets the wall, but I just can't get the tape to adhere properly or get it straight enough.

Are there any other alternatives? We've used a metal straight edge in the past (downstairs living room) and it worked OK, but let a little bit of paint seepage get to the ceiling since the wall are not perfectly straight.

Could I just use a steady hand a small brush and just slowly rake the brush across the wall near the ceiling?

What have you guys found that works best?

paint.....works well!

 

[alkemyst]

I use one of those square pads with guide wheels on one side. You dip it in paint, swipe away, and you're done in 10 seconds, Just don'y get paint on the wheels.

no way this would allow you to paint any room wall to ceiling border in 10 seconds.

 

[Fritzo]

no way this would allow you to paint any room wall to ceiling border in 10 seconds.

Well...maybe a minute. Just wipe it on and the wheels keep you away from the ceiling + makes a nice straight line.