Taping Carpet To Paint Baseboards

Directions for painting baseboards.

Taping carpet to paint baseboards. Of tape running past the carpet that overlaps onto the baseboard. There s a better way. Vacuum around all the baseboard. As with any house interior painting job you want to use a drop sheet to protect the main areas of the carpet before painting baseboards around the carpet.

What you re doing is just getting the tape tucked in between the edge of the carpet and the trim. Unscrew and remove any vent covers or grilles that cover air ducts along the. Tuck the tape under the baseboard. Always before interior painting take a cloth drop sheet and spread it out over the section of the room that you are painting first.

Dust debris and especially hair human and pet find its way into the corners and edges of a room. Start by roughly a 2 piece of tape and placing it down onto the carpet next to the trim. To properly tape off the carpet so that no paint gets on your carpet in any way you are actually going to be tucking the tape under the baseboard by 1 4. I start off.

Decide whether to remove the baseboards. You can use a paint guard or metal sheet if you want an added layer of protection. For this step you will need your roll of 2 painters tape and your painters 5 in1 tool. Taking steps to protect the carpet while you prep and paint the baseboard trim can prevent damage to the carpet.

1 to paint baseboards first vacuum and wipe down baseboards with either a vinegar and water solution 1 2 cup of vinegar and 1 gallon of warm. Leave about a 1 4 in. Don t peel your carpet back when painting or staining baseboards or casings next to it. To keep carpet safe lay down masking or packing tape and slide it under your baseboard with a putty knife to prevent drips.

Now take a putty knife or 5 in 1 tool and start working at one end and push the tape down. 2 gently scuff up the baseboards with an abrasive hand pad giving the baseboards a light buffing. You want to be. Painting baseboards in place while they are still attached to the walls comes with a number of related tasks.

Taping masking application of a drop cloth and very careful painting to avoid getting paint on the wall. Run your tape onto the baseboard.