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Home Improvement Tip:
Painting woodwork in and around your home
There is no rule which says you must
paint woodwork white, or strip it, or color it to merge with the walls.
In a room whose walls, window frames and doors are in the same neutral
color, you could paint the skirting board a clear contrasting color.
This will define the line between the floor and walls. Trim colors that
contrast with walls and ceilings might suit your style in one room,
while a more subtle color change might be right somewhere else in the
house.
You can liven up plain, flat walls by adding moldings so as to create
panels around the room. For best results, make sure you keep your
working area within the proper temperature range recommended for the
paint. All interior woodwork that has been stripped, from baseboard to
dining room tables, needs to be primed with either a standard acrylic
wood primer. After that you can paint on it with oil-based flat
eggshell, gloss, or acrylic paints.
Most interior woodwork looks best in an eggshell finish, as high-gloss
paint can have a rather bleak, deadening effect. If your plan is to
paint walls, ceiling, and trim, then it’s best to get the trim painted
first, along with the room’s windows and doors. Paint woodwork in small
sections. Keeping a wet edge to avoid lap marks.
A wide range of broken- color effects
work well on woodwork, but ideally you should use oil-based paints as
latex has little durability on wood. Stains add color to wood while
allowing its natural grain pattern to show through. Varnishes are clear
finishes that form a tough coating over stain. They are available in a
range of finish sheens from satin to high gloss. At the end of a
project, combine all of the leftover paint of the same color into as few
cans as possible.
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About The Author: Roger King has been involved in home interior painting
for several years, and has been helping people find and review the best
value for interior painting solutions. Visit his Web site
www.decorativeinteriorpainting.com to learn more about this
service.
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