1. Cover your furniture: Moving furniture around in a single space can be extremely difficult, especially when it is drawers and beds you have to move around. In that case, you should cover your furniture with plastic sheets and tape them at the bottom. This way, you didn’t have to completely remove them out of the room and they stay protected from dripping paint and dust from sanding.
2. Use a putty knife to seal tape: What is the most discouraging thing to happen when you have finished painting? Peeling your tape off only to notice that the paint bled through. This can happen, but do not panic because it is preventable. To avoid this, you need to make sure the tape is properly adhered on the surface. Apply the tape along the wood, then press down on it using a putty knife. This allows for a good seal and avoids paint to go through. Also, use painter’s tape and not masking tape because masking tape leaves behind a sticky residue. Using painter’s tape is more reliable because it can be left on the surface for a long time and will still peel off fast.
3. You need drop cloths: As beginner painters, you might use bed sheets as protection for dripping paint, but this is never a good idea. Thin sheets won’t ever fully stop spills from seeping through your floor, but instead you should use drop cloths. They absorb spilled paint and are not slippery, so you can avoid an unwarranted injury.
4. Don’t try to tackle too many things at once: I know sometimes we tend to tackle too many things at once because we want everything to get done quicker, but with painting, you should never do that. It’s easy to paint all the corners and trim, but don’t. Interior painting services would cut one wall, then roll it before tackling the next section. By doing it this way, it will allow the paint to blend together nicely.
