How to Prepare a Room for Painting

Series Summary

There are all sorts of odd jobs around the house that need fixing, but don't hire a professional handyman just yet. Most people are more than capable of taking on odd jobs and repairing them without any help. Learn how to fix everything from locks with broken keys to clogged sinks and bathtubs. In this free video series, an experienced carpenter and construction specialist demonstrates how to complete a few DIY home repair tasks. Discover how to remove a broken key from a lock and how to unclog sinks and bathtubs. Learn to install a washing machine and clothes dryer and then how to prepare a room to be painted. With these home maintenance tips, any house or apartment can be kept in great shape at a fraction of the external cost.

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name's Oscar Moreno, with Moreno Custom Home Visions, and today, we're going to teach you guys how to prep a room for paint. Basic supplies are going to be real simple; just masking tape. Also, you're going to need; for professional use, much quicker application, you will use a masking tape and a paper dispenser all at the same time. Goes up a little quicker. And to protect your floor you're going to need a tarp just to cover the floor for splatter. One more thing you're going to use is just a simple flathead screwdriver to get all these plates off the wall, okay? First thing what we're going to want to do is to remove the wall plate covers. After removing the wall plate covers it's always a good idea to throw a piece of tape over the front of the outlet cover just to make sure accidental rollovers don't happen. Now, second thing you're going to want to do is go ahead and mask off your trim all along the bottom, okay? Third of all, you're going to want to cover all existing doorknobs that you really don't want paint on. Always like again, again use the blue tape for that, okay. Finally, what we're going to do is to cover our floor , and just a real simple piece of one millimeter plastic, or a heavy duty tarp will do just the same. Basically, we're just trying to eliminate oversplatter from the roller rolling down onto our brand new carpet or so on, okay. Now, you're ready to paint your room."