Tackle a ceiling painting job with careful planning.
Applying paint to the ceiling can be a challenge, making the paint look neat and attractive as you apply it over your head. As you prepare the ceiling and get ready to apply the paint, take a moment to decide which direction to paint a ceiling. With careful attention to details, the paint will go on smoothly to cover the ceiling flawlessly.
Instructions
1. Plan the paint application process before you begin. Choose a corner of the ceiling, perhaps a tight or complicated corner, to begin cutting in the paint. You will work out and across from this corner.
2. Cover the floor completely with drop cloths to eliminate the possibility of paint dropping on the floor. Move as much furniture out of the room as possible to give you room to maneuver throughout the room to apply paint.
3. Remove light fixtures or cover them with painter's tape.
4. Pour the paint into the paint tray.
5. Stand on the stepladder and load the angled trim brush with paint. Apply paint in the corner to cover the outer 2-inch perimeter of the ceiling. To ensure that you keep a wet edge of paint as you cut in and apply paint with the roller, work in small three-foot sections. Cut in a three-foot section with the trim brush and then switch to the paint roller.
6. Load the paint roller and apply paint in the chosen direction, applying the paint in an up and down "W" motion. Fill in the ceiling area with the roller, rolling over the wet edge of the cut-in section.
7. Continue cutting in paint and filling in the center area with the roller, working in the same direction, until you paint the entire ceiling.
8. Allow the ceiling to dry completely before applying a second coat of paint.
9. Choose an opposite diagonal corner to begin applying the second coat in a perpendicular layer. Begin the cutting in process in the corner, working in three-foot sections. Fill in the paint with the roller, using the same "W" motions. Continue applying the entire second coat of ceiling paint and then allow it to dry.
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