How To Prepare Wall For Painting Bathroom

Go with a satin or semigloss finish for bathroom wall paint.

How to prepare wall for painting bathroom.

A great tip is to do a w pattern to paint walls. With a small brush apply the paint around trim and in the corners of walls where your larger brush can t reach. You ve completed your wall repairs and now it s time for final preparations. Cleaning walls before painting as seen in our how to prep walls for painting video clean walls are key in preparing a room for painting.

These finishes strike a balance between disguising imperfections and durability. Cover large areas with a paint roller. How to prepare bathroom ceiling walls for paint. Bathrooms can be steamy wet and stinky rooms and that can play havoc with wall and ceiling paints.

Paint a square area about 2 by 2 feet using angled strokes that roughly make a w on the wall then fill in the blank areas of the w with a series of roughly parallel passes of the roller. While there is no best way to clean walls before painting most walls can be washed using a sponge and warm water. The old coatings may even be stained by mold. Move to an adjacent area making sure that you work from the wet edge of the preceding section.

The first step in repairing your bathroom walls and ceiling is removing the chipped spots. A putty knife or paint scraper works well at removing the paint if you carefully move it along the loose. Get tips on the best ways to remove dirt and grime from your wall s surface how to apply painter s tape to trim how to brush on and roll on your coat of primer and how to caulk any gaps you may have between your walls and trim. In this video you ll learn how to prep walls for painting.