Help......need Decorating Advice

[GymLadTim]

Hi, can someone give me some advice on painting a room, explained in the most simple way possible please.

I tried to paint my mom's bathroom earlier this year, three walls were a neutral colour and one was a bright feature colour. I put some tape around the edges of the other walls and ceiling first and then painted the feature wall. Then when this dried I put tape on the feature wall and painted the other walls.

The problem was when I pulled the tape off the walls I'd pained it pulled the paint off with it and ended up looking a right mess and my mom went mental.

Now I have to paint the hallway but how do you stop the paint of the wrong colour going on the wrong wall or ceiling when tape rips the paint off????

Also what type of gloss do you think I should use for the white skirting board??

I've been looking online but just don't get it can anyone explain this to someone who is not technical at all.

Thanks

Tim

[Zacs-Master]

The tape is called Frog tape. The problem is that paints now dry as a plastic film so, if you don’t whip the tape off whilst the paint is still wet, it pulls chunks off. They now make paintbrushes with angled bristles which makes ‘cutting in’ (the art of getting a straight line) much easier.

[TonyV]

ummmm perhaps he just doesn't like it and lets you get on.

[ummmm]

Nar...he's just rubbish. He doesn't mind painting he just can't cut in.

[TonyV]

ummmm the cutting in is what makes it look good as you know.

[ummmm]

I have an O level in art :-D

[TonyV]

ummmm but it was pass

[nescio]

If you use tape, whatever type it is, when it comes to removing it, do NOT pull it off away from the surface. Pull it off slowly, parallel to the surface, so it is folded back on itself as you remove it. That will minimise the chances of it removing any underlying paint.

[ummmm]

It was actually a GCSE...and a B.

I still wouldn't use tape on walls.

[TonyV]

sorry ummmm red your reply as a D not a smiley.