Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

SS wrote:

Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about 30-40mm wide
(the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Slip those under the skirting and the rest presses the carpet down and gives
an inch of protection. Really good and reusable.

Failing that, masking tape works too, but is more fiddly...

Cheers

Tim

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Tim Watts

On 08/08/2011 17:41, Huge wrote:
On 2011-08-08, Tim wrote:
SS wrote:

Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about 30-40mm wide
(the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Old venetian blind slats work well, too.



All these things are ok as long as you wipe them clean each time. Too
much faffing about for my liking. I just cut in with a half inch brush
splayed out so the bristles slip down behind the carpet pile.

On 8/8/2011 12:39 PM, Tim Watts wrote:
SS wrote:

Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about 30-40mm wide
(the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Slip those under the skirting and the rest presses the carpet down and gives
an inch of protection. Really good and reusable.

Failing that, masking tape works too, but is more fiddly...

I've used slats from old venetian blinds.

"stuart noble" wrote in message
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On 08/08/2011 17:41, Huge wrote:
On 2011-08-08, Tim wrote:
SS wrote:

Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in
place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting
on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about 30-40mm
wide
(the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Old venetian blind slats work well, too.



All these things are ok as long as you wipe them clean each time. Too much
faffing about for my liking. I just cut in with a half inch brush splayed
out so the bristles slip down behind the carpet pile.


Last time I had a few strips of cardboard cut from cereal packets.
Surprisingly effective and easy to use. Just don't slop the paint on over
generously.
--
Tinkerer

Huge wrote:

On 2011-08-08, Tim Watts wrote:
SS wrote:

Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting
on the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about 30-40mm wide
(the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Old venetian blind slats work well, too.



Ha - I should have said "shaped like a ventian blind slat" - yes, they
almost identical in profile to the thingies I had!

--
Tim Watts

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:51:52 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about
30-40mm
wide (the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Old venetian blind slats work well, too.

All these things are ok as long as you wipe them clean each time. Too
much faffing about for my liking.

If you tuck a proper decorators dust sheet under the outer edge you
can just slip them out and move along to the end of the row. I have
(somewhere, haven't seen 'em for a while...) the B&Q set, you get
half a dozen which is enough to lay along a single wall in one hit.
I'd put them at 40mm or maybe 50mm wide though, much more than the
average venetian blind slat.

--
Cheers
Dave.

SS wrote:
Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in
place? masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint
getting on the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

SS,

I simply use a good quality, wide masking tape along the whole
wall-to-carpet edge, pushing the edge of the tape down to the bottom of the
carpet with a wide broadknife - and then cover the whole floor area with
good, old fashioned dust sheets.

The whole lot then stays in place until I have finished the rubbing down,
filling, painting and wall papering [1] - and the masking tape only being
lifted when the paint is quite dry.

A bit of 'faffing' about I agree, but it's a method that has served me well
over many years and seems far better than all the 'patent' tools that have
come and gone that were 'supposed' to keep the paint off everything (and
never did for me).

[1] Both SWMBO and myself, prefer a wallpaper finish to that of emulsion
(or hell forbid, an artex finish [shudder]).

Cash

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
SS wrote:

Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

B&Q sell (or used to) metre long curved plastic strips about 30-40mm wide
(the curve is edge-edge not end-end).

Slip those under the skirting and the rest presses the carpet down and
gives
an inch of protection. Really good and reusable.

Failing that, masking tape works too, but is more fiddly...

Cheers

Tim

--
Tim Watts

That's the sort of thing that my dear old mum used to use. She used to call
it a "George", but I haven't the slightest idea why, and she's no longer
alive to ask. SWMBO does all our painting, and she just uses a small brush,
and a deal of care.

Arfa

"Cash" wrote in message
...
SS wrote:
Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in
place? masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint
getting on the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

SS,

I simply use a good quality, wide masking tape along the whole
wall-to-carpet edge, pushing the edge of the tape down to the bottom of
the carpet with a wide broadknife - and then cover the whole floor area
with good, old fashioned dust sheets.

The whole lot then stays in place until I have finished the rubbing down,
filling, painting and wall papering [1] - and the masking tape only being
lifted when the paint is quite dry.

A bit of 'faffing' about I agree, but it's a method that has served me
well over many years and seems far better than all the 'patent' tools that
have come and gone that were 'supposed' to keep the paint off everything
(and never did for me).

[1] Both SWMBO and myself, prefer a wallpaper finish to that of
emulsion (or hell forbid, an artex finish [shudder]).

Cash
Thanks guys for all the suggestions, I have a good idea now how best to
tackle this.

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:46:27 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote:


That's the sort of thing that my dear old mum used to use. She used to call
it a "George", but I haven't the slightest idea why,

There was a retail product with that name. I don't know why I know
that.

Peter Johnson wrote:

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:46:27 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote:


That's the sort of thing that my dear old mum used to use. She used to
call it a "George", but I haven't the slightest idea why,

There was a retail product with that name. I don't know why I know
that.

I thought the George was more intented for painting upto non fluffy edges,
eg windows. I've ued one and it's about 8" long.

--
Tim Watts

On Aug 8, 4:06*pm, "SS" wrote:
Whats the best way to paint skirtings when carpets are already in place?
masking tape?
Should I aim to paint slightly above the carpet to avoid paint getting on
the carpet (leakage)
My last house was natural wood skirtings so was never an issue.

I cut 1 or 2 x 2 litre drink bottles into strips and use those. Don't
overlook wiping them when you move from one palce to another.


NT