5 Biggest Mistakes Made Painting Ceilings

The five biggest mistakes people make painting ceilings!!

HOW TO PAINT A ROOM- CEILING

When looking at how to paint a room, particularly a ceiling it’s not really an easy task. It’s above your head and some ceilings can be as high as 2.4 metres. (some even higher like 8 to 10 metres) In your average home they range from about 2.6 and a little bit higher, so getting a good job can be difficult.  Lets look at the five main mistakes that people make.

• Cheap and nasty equipment. A brush that looks like a broken stick instead of nice soft long bristles. Your brush is one of the most important tools, if not the most important tool.  Get a quality brush. When looking after your brush it will last you for years.  For me, because of the number of houses I rip through a brush will last me four or five houses, and I use it for everything ceilings, doors, walls, frames pretty much everything. Quality gear is the key.
• Using bad quality paint or ceiling paint. Your gear and paint will decide whether you end up with a good job or a bad one.  Don’t buy cheap quality paint. Buy a reputable brand paint that way you know it’s going to last the miles and you can get budget quality paint you just got to find it.
• Not putting enough paint on the surface. Don’t be scared to put paint on.  Not enough paint looks thin and streaky and very patchy and with light running across the surface.  So load your roller sleeve up and put plenty on, but remember when loading the coat up don’t forget to lay the coat back off or take the thick edges out of it, thicker the better. A little tip on how to paint a room
• Failure to move any furniture from the room. Ceilings take up the whole floor space and you need to be able to move around to get to every corner.  It saves getting paint on your stuff and it only takes a couple of minutes to move.  Getting a good clean run at the ceiling prevents a wet edge drying out on you and the trick to how to paint a room for ceilings is keeping a wet edge and moving quickly but cleanly across the surface.
• Not using an extension pole to reach the ceiling from the ground. I’ve seen people climb a step ladder and roll it by hand man!  What a back breaking job and you have no chance of keeping a wet edge. Yes an extension at first can be tricky but after a couple of runs you’ll get it right.  You can load your roller right up and cover a lot of area in one big hit which in the long run will give you a pro looking job and save you a whole heap of time.

So the nuts and bolts of how to paint a room, in this case the ceiling is to keep it simple and make it fun and you’ll be painting ceilings like a pro in no time.  So happy painting and I will be covering this subject of the five biggest mistakes people make on different tasks and see if we can’t nut some problems out and get you painting like a pro.  Wayne … the painter

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