How to Create Wall Paint Lines
The new thing in painting today is the striping or straight-line approach. Makes no matter whether you are going horizontal or vertical. It has a crisp look and can add dimensions to a room you never knew possible. It is very easy but you have to be careful to get the lines straight and not have overlaps in your paint.
Items you will require:
- Paint
- Brushes
- Painters tape
- Paint the first section of color. Paint past where the line will be. If you plan on painting two coats paint them both before proceeding.
- Put the painters tape down where the next section is going to be once the paint has dried. Make certain the painter’s tape is on the paint that has just dried and the bottom of the tape is the edge where the two colors will appear together.
- Use the original paint (the one that just dried) and paint along the edge of the tape and painting against the tape. There is always bleeding and this will fill those places with the original paint and prevent the next color from doing so.
- Make certain you “feather the brush” so you won’t have an edge of paint later.
- Paint on the next color once the bleed-under paint has dried. When applying this color make sure you overlap the tapeline you just made bleed proof.
- Take the tape off while the paint is still wet if at all possible. It will need to be pulled off at a ninety-degree angle and do it slowly.
- Repeat this same process with every different color you are using. When done you should have very sharp and clean paint lines with no bleeding underneath.
- Should you have a problem by any chance with pulling up paint consider using a utility knife to score the tape prior to pulling it off.