I've took on a job painting a bathroom.
All went well when I viewed it, white emulsion on ceiling and 4 walls,
gloss on any bits that need it.

Things then started getting worse. She wanted white ceiling, then 2
other colours for the walls.
OK, it'll take more time, so cost is going up.
Got there Monday to start it, it was now 4 colours for the different
walls, and white on the ceiling, but she had decided that her friend was
doing the walls, and I was only doing the ceiling and undercoat/gloss
the doors etc.
No problem for me, it'll mean two visits, so the cost will be only
slightly reduced, but it gets me out of painting the walls like a
rainbow.

Next day, I get a call, will you do the walls for me?
I'm getting a bit wound up now, I'm not a big fan of painting, but I
hadnt got any work on Wednesday morning, so agreed to do it.

Because the walls are so small, I thought I'd brush it on (this is Crown
Kitchen and bathroom emulsion). Bad move. The paint is a lot thicker
than std. emulsion, and brush marks showed up terribly. So, second coat
with a roller, and it didnt look too bad.
Onto the next colour, not too bad, but the corners are a problem. I've
tried with a half inch brush, but I cannot get straight lines on the
internal corners, and always overlap a little onto the adjacent corner a
little in places.

Whats the best way of doing internal corners where 2 colours meets?
I was thinking along the lines of a smallish artists brush to do it.
Any other tips? (apart from not taking on this sort of thing again)
Ta
Alan.
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A.Lee wrote:


Whats the best way of doing internal corners where 2 colours meets?
I was thinking along the lines of a smallish artists brush to do it.
Any other tips? (apart from not taking on this sort of thing again)

I have a small cutting in fitch I got at B&Q. It has a flat black
plastic handle and is about 1.5cm wide with the end cut at an angle. I
found that if you wiped off the top of it are loading you could paint
into a corner if you were careful. I used to do the tops of the walls
recently, rolling the rest and it worked well, even at full stretch over
the stairs (I have long arms).

Peter
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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:12:40 +0100, A.Lee wrote:

I've took on a job painting a bathroom. All went well when I viewed it,
white emulsion on ceiling and 4 walls, gloss on any bits that need it.

Things then started getting worse. She wanted white ceiling, then 2 other
colours for the walls.
OK, it'll take more time, so cost is going up. Got there Monday to start
it, it was now 4 colours for the different walls, and white on the
ceiling, but she had decided that her friend was doing the walls, and I
was only doing the ceiling and undercoat/gloss the doors etc.
No problem for me, it'll mean two visits, so the cost will be only
slightly reduced, but it gets me out of painting the walls like a rainbow.

Next day, I get a call, will you do the walls for me? I'm getting a bit
wound up now, I'm not a big fan of painting, but I hadnt got any work on
Wednesday morning, so agreed to do it.

Because the walls are so small, I thought I'd brush it on (this is Crown
Kitchen and bathroom emulsion). Bad move. The paint is a lot thicker than
std. emulsion, and brush marks showed up terribly. So, second coat with a
roller, and it didnt look too bad. Onto the next colour, not too bad, but
the corners are a problem. I've tried with a half inch brush, but I cannot
get straight lines on the internal corners, and always overlap a little
onto the adjacent corner a little in places.

Whats the best way of doing internal corners where 2 colours meets? I was
thinking along the lines of a smallish artists brush to do it. Any other
tips? (apart from not taking on this sort of thing again) Ta
Alan.

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I find a bigger brush is easier to control - 1/1/2" or 2". Try twisting
the brush slightly as you move so that the bristles form a hard edge. It
works for me.

If you can't get it perfect remind the customer that nobody sticks their
nose into the corners of bathrooms to check the quality of painting.

Cic.

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On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 21:12:40 +0100, (A.Lee) wrote:

I've took on a job painting a bathroom.
All went well when I viewed it, white emulsion on ceiling and 4 walls,
gloss on any bits that need it.

Things then started getting worse. She wanted white ceiling, then 2
other colours for the walls.
OK, it'll take more time, so cost is going up.
Got there Monday to start it, it was now 4 colours for the different
walls, and white on the ceiling, but she had decided that her friend was
doing the walls, and I was only doing the ceiling and undercoat/gloss
the doors etc.
No problem for me, it'll mean two visits, so the cost will be only
slightly reduced, but it gets me out of painting the walls like a
rainbow.

Next day, I get a call, will you do the walls for me?
I'm getting a bit wound up now, I'm not a big fan of painting, but I
hadnt got any work on Wednesday morning, so agreed to do it.

Because the walls are so small, I thought I'd brush it on (this is Crown
Kitchen and bathroom emulsion). Bad move. The paint is a lot thicker
than std. emulsion, and brush marks showed up terribly. So, second coat
with a roller, and it didnt look too bad.
Onto the next colour, not too bad, but the corners are a problem. I've
tried with a half inch brush, but I cannot get straight lines on the
internal corners, and always overlap a little onto the adjacent corner a
little in places.

Whats the best way of doing internal corners where 2 colours meets?
I was thinking along the lines of a smallish artists brush to do it.
Any other tips? (apart from not taking on this sort of thing again)
Ta
Alan.

Low tack masking tape.

"A.Lee" wrote in message

Whats the best way of doing internal corners where 2 colours meets?
I was thinking along the lines of a smallish artists brush to do it.
Any other tips? (apart from not taking on this sort of thing again)
Ta
Alan.
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Plasteres trowel

Place the flat of the blade firmly in the corner and use a small roller,wipe
the blade,place firmly in corner below the first rollered paint and repeat
all the way down the wall.

:-)

EricP wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 21:12:40 +0100, (A.Lee) wrote:


I've took on a job painting a bathroom.
All went well when I viewed it, white emulsion on ceiling and 4 walls,
gloss on any bits that need it.

Things then started getting worse. She wanted white ceiling, then 2
other colours for the walls.
OK, it'll take more time, so cost is going up.
Got there Monday to start it, it was now 4 colours for the different
walls, and white on the ceiling, but she had decided that her friend was
doing the walls, and I was only doing the ceiling and undercoat/gloss
the doors etc.
No problem for me, it'll mean two visits, so the cost will be only
slightly reduced, but it gets me out of painting the walls like a
rainbow.

Next day, I get a call, will you do the walls for me?
I'm getting a bit wound up now, I'm not a big fan of painting, but I
hadnt got any work on Wednesday morning, so agreed to do it.

Because the walls are so small, I thought I'd brush it on (this is Crown
Kitchen and bathroom emulsion). Bad move. The paint is a lot thicker
than std. emulsion, and brush marks showed up terribly. So, second coat
with a roller, and it didnt look too bad.
Onto the next colour, not too bad, but the corners are a problem. I've
tried with a half inch brush, but I cannot get straight lines on the
internal corners, and always overlap a little onto the adjacent corner a
little in places.

Whats the best way of doing internal corners where 2 colours meets?
I was thinking along the lines of a smallish artists brush to do it.
Any other tips? (apart from not taking on this sort of thing again)
Ta
Alan.


Low tack masking tape.

And remove it as soon as you get the paint into the corner.

Dave

George wrote:

Plasteres trowel

or a wide taping knife

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John Rumm wrote:
George wrote:

Plasteres trowel

or a wide taping knife


IME there ain't no solution. If the plaster was perfect, it would be
easy to get the paint straight. As it isn't, you have no straight edge,
and attempting to create one with blades, tape etc doesn't work. The
tape just follows the contours of the wall, and the paint gets under the
blade where the surface isn't flat.
Masking 5mm beyond the corner might give you a straight line, but could
anyone be bothered?