Tips Painting Near Carpet

Tuck the tape over the carpet edge and just under the baseboard trim as you work.

Tips painting near carpet.

Don t peel your carpet back when painting or staining baseboards or casings next to it. If you need to paint baseboard next to a wall to wall carpet you could try to peel that carpet back as you brush along the edge of the molding and hope you don t get any paint on it but there s a better way. Move large pieces to the center of a small room. Painting baseboards next to carpets can be frustrating.

Painting next to carpet. Remove baseboards or quarter round. Always before interior painting take a cloth drop sheet and spread it out over the section of the room that you are. Painting skirting boards can be tricky when you have carpets.

This is not always as easy as it sounds. The trick is to use the right tool for the job. There s a better way. How to paint near carpet 1.

As with any house interior painting job you want to use a drop sheet to protect the main areas of the carpet before painting baseboards around the carpet. The trick is to mask up the carpet so that you do not get any paint on the carpets. Vacuum the carpeting thoroughly before painting but don t shampoo it. Move wall art chairs and other small pieces to another room.

A careful masking tape placement can help when painting near carpet. Any professional painter will tell you that painting trim near carpeting is one of the most intimidating aspects of painting they encounter. Loose fibers at the edge of the carpet interfere with the brush and any excess paint on either the baseboard or the carpet is hard to remove without making a mess. For details see our.

Use the putty knife to press the tape down into the space under the baseboard.