How To Paint Between Ceiling And Wall

We ll talk more about the differences between the two shortly.

How to paint between ceiling and wall. Start with the space between the ceiling and the walls first. Paint around the edges of the wall with an angled brush. Ceiling line paint tool if you re new to painting a room having a ceiling painting pad tool will help you paint a perfect line easily.

You ll find that you have a choice of water based latex or oil based ceiling paint as well. You can expect to pay between 150 to 300 to paint the ceiling in a standard 10 by 12 foot room. Move down the corners between the walls then finish up with the area near the floor.

When you place the pad along the top of the wall so the wheels roll on the ceiling you ll be able to paint a perfect line. Then when you paint the walls you can err on the side of leaving a little ceiling color showing when you cut in and it won t be noticeable. Especially if the colors are bold like orange yellow blue or even red.

How to cut a straight line it all about the technique how to paint a straight ceiling line using a 4 inch or 100 mm paint brush to cut in walls. It s advisable to paint the ceiling before the walls as it s a slightly trickier task and you are more likely to make errors that can be cleaned up later when you start painting the walls. I often use the pad to paint the area right under the ceiling too.

Paint the ceiling first. The tricky part at least for me is getting a straight line between the white ceiling and wall. Good news you don t have to be picasso to learn this.

Wait until the ceiling paint has dried before you start painting the walls as to cut in you will need to apply tape to the ceiling. Painting walls any color other than white can be a real challenge.