On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:38:57 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:

Mango wrote:
I want to do a good job painting the interior of my home. I need some
tips
on painting the baseboards without ruining the carpeting.

I also want to paint the ceiling and have a nice STRAIGHT line of where
the
walls meet the ceiling.

Please share your tips of what materials you use etc. etc etc.

Thanks

Mango

My best suggestion is this:

If there are two people (like the wife-husband) involved, make sure the
one that is most concerned with the outcome does all the work as they will
be upset until you repaint. Nothing like something you look at every day to
really get to you.

Very true. You can help yourself with your ceiling painting by doing
two things:

1) accept that where your walls meet your ceiling is probably not a
perfect 90-degree angle and also is likely not perfectly straight in
and of itself, and

2) try using those wheeled edging paint pad products (I can't find the
brand name on mine, but it's red), and carefully follow the
directions. I use these for ALL edges except horizontal ones, which I
tape with 3M blue tape.