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Laurian

(2,593 posts)
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 03:29 PM Mar 2012

Need advice regarding painting. [View all]

We have lived in our house for 20 years and the bedrooms still have the original paint from when the house was built. Now that I'm retired, I've decided that I will paint each of them with a goal of finishing the four rooms by early fall. (I'm finding the job to be more physically demanding than I expected, so I paint one day and then take several days off.) I've mostly finished the first room. I'm happy with the color and the results EXCEPT where the walls meet the ceiling. It is uneven in some places. I taped it off before starting because I know my hand is not very steady. I'm thinking the walls may be a little uneven but it was not noticeable before because the wall color and the ceiling color were vey similar.

I'm thinking I need to carefully re-tape and paint the top of the walls again to try to correct the problem. Oh, but I dread doing that. My husband says nobody will notice, but I notice and it will drive me crazy the way it is now.

Any experienced painters here with a solution to my problem? I'd like to figure this out before I start on the second room.

Thanks!

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First, you will always see flaws jeff47 Mar 2012 #1
Thanks so much for the quick reply. Laurian Mar 2012 #4
Trust me, nobody will notice. Warpy Mar 2012 #2
Thanks for the encouragement! Laurian Mar 2012 #5
Coving Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #3
Thanks. Laurian Mar 2012 #6
It's a small moulding jeff47 Mar 2012 #8
Yeah, same thing Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #9
Ah, that explains it. Laurian Mar 2012 #11
lol... Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #12
Oh, my! Laurian Mar 2012 #14
Don't use tape. The texture on the wall or ceiling prevents it from lying flat. mbperrin Mar 2012 #7
Thanks for the tip. Laurian Mar 2012 #10
You're welcome. mbperrin Mar 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #22
I don't think it will be very noticable overall NEOhiodemocrat Mar 2012 #13
From one Buckeye to another, thanks for the advice. Laurian Mar 2012 #15
So how is the painting going? NEOhiodemocrat Mar 2012 #20
The painting is going pretty well. Laurian Mar 2012 #21
As a retired painter of 35 years I second mbperrin's advice, and would add... Adsos Letter Mar 2012 #17
I think your advice will be very helpful. Laurian Mar 2012 #18
I think you got it all . Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2012 #19
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