| You have decided to paint your room a new and | | | | purchased the paint. Stirred paint goes on |
| exciting color. Your color choice and type of paint | | | | smoother. Pour some paint into the paint tray |
| has been made and you have decided to do the | | | | which is best if made of metal or a hard plastic. |
| job yourself instead of calling in a professional | | | | The really cheap, disposable trays are just too |
| painter. Interior painting for residential homes can | | | | flimsy. |
| be done to look like a professional did the job if | | | | Take a clean roller brush and slide it on the handle |
| you do the basic steps for painting your room. | | | | of the roller. Sometimes it is hard to push it all the |
| After you have prepared your room for painting | | | | way onto the holder so tapping the end will move |
| and primed any difficult areas, and the molding is | | | | it all the way onto the roller handle. The paint will |
| painted it is time to begin painting your ceiling and | | | | not load evenly if the brush is not all the way |
| walls. | | | | onto the handle. After the ceiling is rolled, do the |
| Using a roller makes the paint application to your | | | | cutting in for the walls and do one wall at a time. |
| walls and ceiling more even and professional in | | | | This way if you are working alone you can do the |
| appearance. The job will also go faster but the | | | | rolling of the wall while the rows that you cut in |
| paint roller needs to be used properly. First you | | | | with the paint are still wet. |
| will need to tape your border edges and molding | | | | Dip your paint roller into the puddle of paint in the |
| and the do the cutting in process leaving about 3 | | | | paint tray and the roll off the excess on the |
| inches. The ceiling should be rolled first and then | | | | slanted part of the roller tray. Start the walls in |
| the walls. | | | | one corner and with the roller paint the letter W. |
| The best paint rollers are the ones that are not | | | | Work the paint from the W to the top of the |
| too heavy but still not too light in weight. When | | | | wall and then work the paint at the bottom of |
| choosing your paint roller it is a good idea to hold | | | | the W to the bottom of the wall. If you would |
| it to see how it will feel in your hand. The paint in | | | | rather paint vertical lines from top to bottom be |
| the roller will make it heavier of course. If you are | | | | sure to overlap the rows of paint to blend the |
| using a primer, the paint roller will work well for | | | | paint as you go along. If the rolled paint becomes |
| this coat. Add a second coat of primer if it looks | | | | spotty looking or is difficult to handle it means you |
| necessary and remember to let the paint dry | | | | need to get more paint on the roller. If the roller |
| completely in between applications of paint. | | | | starts to get too heavy from built-up paint you |
| Before applying a topcoat of paint, the paint | | | | can use the painter's 5-n-1 tool to scrape the |
| should be stirred well with a paint stick even | | | | excess paint back in to the paint tray. |
| though it was stirred at the store when you | | | | |