Archive for the ‘Painting Tools’ Category

As you browse through the aisles of your local hardware store, you’ve probably noticed something called a paint pad mixed in with the brushes and rollers. What are paint pads and why would you want to buy some? It is just a passing fad or a useful tool?

Paint pads are just that – pads that can hold paint. They’re effective in all types of painting jobs - from cutting in on wall edges to getting a straight line near the ceiling. They’re also very useful for painting an entire room in just a few hours; as opposed to days. I’ve been able to an entire bedroom with two coats of paint in about 6 hours.

Read the full article on one of my favorite painting tools - paint pads.

The time has come to redecorate a room in your home. You stand there in front of a large blank wall with your paintbrush and you just totally blank. Where do you start? Fortunately for you there is a tool that makes the daunting task of painting such a large surface so much easier. What is this amazing and wonderful device you ask? It is the versatile paint roller. Paint rollers allow people to drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to paint a large, flat surface, like a wall with few windows or a ceiling.

Most people go straight for the cheap DIY type paint roller when they go shopping. They work just fine but there many other options for you to choose from. The biggest problem for most people is the “cutting in” process around windows and awkward corners. Anyone can tell you that painting a corner with just a roller is pretty much impossible. Still there are ways around this problem. You can cut in with a brush first and then go back and roll the rest of the walls.

Lots more about decorating with rollers here.

There are dozens of different DIY items on sale in stores but none of them is as versatile as the good old paintbrush. It’s been around for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years and is still a firm favourite of decorators and designers all over the world.

Nobody really knows who first invented the paint brush. Ever since the dawn of mankind people have been etching or painting on surfaces in caves all over the world. At some stage, somewhere in our evolutionary history, an early man (or woman perhaps?) gathered together some hairs or plant strands and painted with powdered stone and water on a wall and the paint brush was born.

Read the full article on paint brushes here.

There’s a lot of decisions to be made before undertaking any home painting project. You’ve go to decide on a color scheme, choose the right brushes, pads or rollers. Last but not least is the choice of the type of paint you’re going to use. You do know there are several different types of paint and paint finishes? So what type of paint should you buy?

First, you’ll want to consider where the paint itself will be used. This can make a big difference in the type of paint you buy. There are interior and exterior paints for starters. Most people today will shop for acrylic latex based paints for interior paint jobs simple because they are more durable, easier to clean and less smelly than oil based paints. In fact, unless you are repainting an exterior wall that already has been painted with oil based paint, latex paint should meet your needs for the vast majority of outdoor projects too.

Read the full article on how to choose paint.