3 Easy Painting Projects and the Tools You’ll Need

It’s all properly and good to put money into the perfect paint, however a portray undertaking can simply come undone with out the proper instruments and equipment to help the method.

Right here, we take a look at three DIY portray tasks you’ll be able to tacking within the dwelling — and the totally different instruments they every want.

1. Paint your pots

Freshening up previous pots and planters is a reasonably no-fuss job. Relying on the previous pot you are working with, you could want some high quality sandpaper to clean over the floor and a humid fabric to wipe it down, however then you definitely’re good to go.

With regards to brushes, you will desire a small brush (lower than 50mm) or curler (round 100mm). Since you’re working with a small object and floor space, you desire a brush that matches excellent.

“Brushes round 25-35mm maintain much less paint, providing you with significantly better management for portray,” skilled painter Mark O’Connor says. “This makes jobs simpler and faster.”

Should you’re wanting to color patterns or notably small particulars, you may additionally desire a vary of painters paint brushes.

For paint, you will desire a good out of doors, waterproof paint within the color of your selecting. Then get your self a great high quality, small-ish paint brush (lower than 50mm).

After that, you are prepared to color.

Notice, relying on the porosity of your pot, you could must do a number of coats. A extra porous materials, like stone or terracotta, would require extra coats to realize the proper protection. Simply do not lather it on too thick in a single coat.

What you will want:

• Sandpaper
• Painters tape, should you’re portray the pot in several sections or patterns
• A moist fabric to wash the floor
• A high quality exterior paint
• A small brush, comparable to a Monarch Partitions, Doorways and Trims brush
• A paint tin or tray

2. Paint a room

When portray your room, earlier than doing anything, clear as many objects as you’ll be able to out of the area and defend no matter stays with previous sheets, tarps and drop cloths. Additionally, do not forget to tape every part you do not need paint on, from lights to home windows, electrical sockets and so forth.

With regards to paint instruments, you will want a variety of rollers and brushes. Firstly, you will want a small brush to ‘minimize in’, i.e. paint alongside any edges or trims and in corners. Then, you will want a curler body and a curler of round 230-270mm.

Keep in mind, the kind of brush is one matter, the opposite key issue is high quality.

“The highest quality paint must be utilized utilizing the very best quality paint equipment,” Mark advises.

“Many DIY-ers, as soon as they see the value of paint, underestimate the significance of high quality equipment. They buy finances brushes and rollers, which make it extraordinarily tough to realize the end they’re in search of.

“If you wish to try to realize knowledgeable end with out paying for a painter, then select merchandise that painters can be blissful to make use of.”

Mark additionally urges you to stir your paint earlier than beginning.

“Even should you simply received your paint blended once you bought it, give it one other stir for 3 to 5 minutes to verify the color has been stirred correctly proper via the entire can,” he says. “It will make sure that your paint is the color it needs to be.”

Lastly, do not forget to do a number of coats and let the earlier job dry utterly earlier than venturing the following one!

What you will want:

3. Paint your furnishings

Portray your furnishings would require comparable instruments to different small tasks, like your pots.

The method can be comparable, relying on the end of the furnishings. Should you’re portray over varnished timber, you will must totally sand again the varnish earlier than beginning your job. You could even select to make use of an influence sander, relying on the scale of your merchandise. If you need a clean end, you will then need to do a primer and sealer undercoat to assist clean the floor.

With regards to paint instruments, a job like it will rely upon the scale of your furnishings. Most tasks would require a brush for small surfaces, comparable to chairs or desk legs. If the article is way greater, like a big wardrobe or desk high, you’ll be able to transfer to a curler.

When portray, simply bear in mind to not overload your brush with paint.

“It’s best to by no means load your brush with paint all the best way up the filament to the metallic ferrule,” Mark reminds.

“Painters solely load the underside third to half of the comb. Any paint additional up the comb will solely dry out. To load your brush, bear in mind to have solely an inch of paint in your paint pot.

“Dip your brush within the paint, then don’t wipe off the surplus paint on the rim of the pot. Merely ‘faucet’ the comb a number of instances on the facet of the can. It will take off the surplus and offer you a correctly loaded brush prepared to color.”

If making use of stains or varnishes fairly than paint, use one of many Monarch Woodcare brushes, Mark provides.

“They’re particularly designed for making use of both water primarily based or oil primarily based stains and varnishes.”

What you will want:

Suggestions for caring for and storing your paint brushes

Whatever the paint job you are doing, Mark reminds us to all the time use and retailer our brushes and rollers accurately.

He advises that brushes and rollers should be saved moist whereas portray so they do not dry out. So, do not go away them out of the paint for too lengthy!

“Once you take a break, stand your brush within the paint pot, which ought to solely half about an inch of paint in it,” Mark begins. “It will preserve the comb moist. For the curler, load it with paint, sit it on the grill of the tray, not swimming within the backside of the tray immersed in paint. Merely cowl the tray with a few sheets of aluminium foil.”

Mark provides, in case your paint job takes greater than a day, you needn’t wash your brushes on the finish of day one.

“You do not have to scrub out your brushes and rollers each evening should you haven’t completed portray. If you’ll paint once more subsequent day, merely load the comb and curler with paint to assist preserve them moist, then wrap them totally in some cling wrap.”

All uncredited photographs provided by Monarch.