So before you start painting your living room you need to make sure you ve done your due diligence and taken the appropriate steps.
Do i sand and ploy the floor before or afyer painting room.
You can paint with pure freedom even using a paint sprayer and spillages rarely cause much damage.
Always sand and paint the ceiling completely following these same steps before addressing the walls.
I personally would sand and varnish the floor prior to decorating the room then after about 3 or 4 days protect the floor then lay the skirting on top of the finished floor.
There s a risk of damaging the floors by spilling paint he says.
Choose a paint color.
Sometimes you ll have to touch up the base trim if you do the painting first fudale adds there s also the potential of spilling paint thinner or scuffing the floor with a ladder.
If the sander can stick to next week it s 50 50 then we re stuck with it that way.
After sanding give the walls.
Reason being we re really stuck on the colours and want to see what the floors are like before we paint.
This way you get a good finish to the floor and the top of the skirting board can be caulked flush to the wall to leave a nice crisp line when cutting in with the paint.
Step 2 sand all surfaces kolin smith.
I m going to be flat out getting the last of the plaster fix ups done as it is.
If you simply have no floor coverings yet and just a subfloor then you will greatly benefit by painting the walls and ceiling before refinishing the floors.
In this case the decision is practically made for you already.
Give the filler sufficient time to dry and then sand it down to create a smooth surface.
Using a pole sander fitted with 120 grit paper sand the walls make sure to wear a dust mask.
It can be hard to get paint thinner off he says.