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Do It Yourself tips and
techniques
This is just a hobby page for me. If you would like more specific DIY
tips then you may want to check out the links near the bottom of this
page.
When caulking seams around windows and doors, between trim and walls or
anywhere else in a room, try using a wet t-shirt type cloth wrapped
tightly around your finger. This will help give you a smooth bead of
caulk and will also help prevent your fingers from getting all sticky
with the caulking. br>
When
filling nail holes in trim that’s going to be painted, try using vinyl
spackle instead of a soft putty. Fill the hole slightly above level to
allow for any shrinkage. When it’s dry, you can sand the spackle smooth
with fine grit sandpaper. With a little practice, you should have a hard
time even telling where the nail holes were once it’s been painted. I
use the spackle instead of a hardening type wood putty because it’s very
effective and so much easier to sand.
If you’re painting the ceiling and walls in a room, always paint the
ceiling first. If you paint the walls first, then you might lean against
them while painting the ceiling. In over a decade, I’ve never once
leaned against the ceiling while painting the walls.
If you have any heavy-duty screw anchors in your walls from a large
hanging picture and you want to fill the holes, it’s often better to
push them into the wall and fill a small hole, rather than trying to
pull them out and possibly patching a much larger hole if they tear the
wall on the way out.
If you’re painting your walls with oil-based paint, don’t waste your
time trying to clean the roller nap when you’re finished. It makes
little to no sense spending ½ hour of your time and $6.00 worth of
mineral spirits just to clean a $5.00 roller nap. A quality brush is
worth cleaning, but just thank the roller nap for its service and give
it a proper send off.
Don’t store left over paint in an unheated garage or shed for the
winter. Most paint in a sealed container can handle one or two
freeze/thaw cycles, but if you leave it out all winter, you’ll have
little more than a one-gallon paperweight by the time spring rolls
around.
(More to come)
If you’re looking for more in depth DIY tips, then here are some links
to sites that may help.
Painterforum.com
Real advice from real professional painters
Or you can go to our “Contact us” page and email me directly with any
questions that you have, I will personally respond to all inquiries as
soon as possible.
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