How to Paint Baseboard With Carpet
Properly and carefully painting your interior spaces can help make your room look more pristine. Interior paint jobs that look professional have carefully cut-in baseboards. Cutting-in is a process by which painters apply paint to trim, baseboards and moldings without using painter's tape or getting paint on the wall. Professional painters and do-it-will want to cover their carpet with a dropcloth to ensure it doesn't get stained by the paint. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Lay a dropcloth on the carpet a half-inch from the baseboard.
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Tape the dropcloth to the carpet with painter's tape that is at least 1 inch wide. Lay the tape so the exposed half-inch of carpet is covered. This will ensure the dropcloth stays in place.
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Dip a 2-inch-wide paintbrush into the paint so the bristles are covered halfway up the brush.
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Slap the paintbrush against each side of the inside of the paint can. This will remove a lot of the paint, which will prevent you from applying too much to the baseboard and causing drips on the carpet.
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Paint one long stripe down the center of the baseboard about a quarter-inch from the top of the baseboard.
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Dip and slap the paintbrush again.
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Paint another long stripe down the center of the baseboard about a quarter-inch from the bottom of the baseboard. This stripe will overlap the first.
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Dip and slap the paintbrush.
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Paint the top of the baseboard by carefully sneaking the brush up toward but not touching the wall.
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Dip and slap the paintbrush.
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Paint the bottom of the baseboard by carefully sneaking the brush down toward but not touching the tape on the carpet.
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Immediately slide the brush over the entire surface to even out the brush strokes. Do not reapply any paint.
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Let the baseboard dry completely before pulling off the tape and removing the dropcloth. Completely dry paint will not be sticky.
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