Saturday, January 12, 2008

Painting for Lazy People

I'm a part of this group that goes around like little elves and fixes each others houses. Well, but elves are quiet. We're quite a social rowdy bunch. Its the barnraisers- more on that later.

The group was due at my house for some serious paint job makeover work. I surfed the web, and low and behold, I am now really good at painting. Here are the tips:

1. buy nice brushes- angled, Purdy is a good brand. Spend the money, believe me its worth it. Put your name on them because everyone will want to borrow them. You'll want a large, medium and small.

2. Do away with taping altogether! Weee! No tape. Tape never worked well for me anyhow. With your amazing angled brush, you can get close to the edge, bend the brush against the wall and slide the brush along- long side first. You want to get that very edge section first, then flip the brush over and go along the same section with downtward pulls. The one key to this technique is - Take Your Time. Its still faster than taping.

3. Be generous to the walls. Don't try to make the paint last, it will mean twice as much work while you add that second layer. Keep your brush nicely coated, but not dripping.

4. Rollers- there are wool rollers out there that work amazingly well. No little spackles of paint everywhere. Wash off great, re-use it a bunch of times.

5. Paint- please get yourself to a reputable paint store. I've enjoyed Sherwin Williams Harmony (low voc) line. I've been disappointed with the large chain store paints because I always end up having to add twice the paint for the same coverage.

6. Get low fume paint- Low VOC or Zero VOC paints are now readily available everywhere. And you won't have to sleep at your friends house while your house off-gasses. Hows that for convenient?

Enjoy your lazy painting!
Stay Tuned and Stay Green-
Patty Sylvana
Green Realtor
Keller Williams Realty

Realtor by Trade, Green at Heart
patty@austingreenrealtors.com

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