![]() ![]() Now, clean up is super easy since I just ditch the liner. No joke, I went through about 15 plastic storage containers and cups within just a few months, and just kept throwing them away. This one was always the hardest for me, until I discovered these disposable HANDy Paint Pail Liners. Makes it easier than taping everything off! Tip 4: Easy Clean Up! As I paint, I just slide it to where I am painting. Pro Tip: For touching up baseboards, I like to have a small piece of cardboard that I place just below the baseboard. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Here is a cool spackle primer in one.Īlso, when touching up baseboards or any surface, make sure it is clean and dust free. If you have patched a hole with spackle or joint compound, often they need a primer over them first, or you will see a sheen difference. I often don’t even need to tape off and cut in, and just need to roll over the main wall. There is nothing that freshens a space up more than a fresh coat of paint. Lastly, if you have a wall that is covered in marks and scuffs (or kid fingerprints and smears like mine), sometimes it’s just best to re roller over the whole wall. The last thing I want is brush strokes on my smooth furniture pieces! I find that these give the smoothest finish. Pro tip: Often times the touch up paint color can be slightly off from the original, so I try to fan out the paint on the touch up spot to help it blend.įor smoother finishes like a flat wall or cabinets or furniture, I like to use a 1/4 nap roller. Trust me.įor main touch ups, like large marks and patches I use a regular high quality bristle brush. ![]() I find if my tape is more on the ceiling than on the wall, the wall color fully covers the wall and just a fraction onto the ceiling and final result looks so much nicer than if the wall color paint stops a fraction before the ceiling starts. Pro tip: When I tape off my ceiling, I make sure to err on the ceiling side. I also like to keep both colors with me so I can go back and forth perfecting my line. Touching up these marks totally transforms the end result. For tiny little bleed through marks on a desired straight line, I love to use a small craft brush. You know I’m not very fancy, but having the right brushes makes a huge difference with touch up paint. I can hold it in one hand with the strap and stick my paint brush to the magnet so I can easily move around and get all my trouble spots. My HANDy Paint Pail is my secret weapon for touch up paint. There is nothing worse than going up and down a ladder a million times to dip your paintbrush in the can, or going through a million plastic storage containers. Here are 4 simple tricks for touch up painting like a pro! Tip 1: Have an easy way to carry your paint and supplies PLUS, my favorite ever straight line hack so you can get perfectly straight lines! Whether it’s patching holes, getting that perfectly straight line, or just freshening up marks and scuffs…I’m here to tell you all my touch up paint tricks. ![]() This post is sponsored by HANDy Paint Products.īy now you all know I love projects, but a project isn’t fully complete until you do all the touch up paint! It’s not glamorous, but it’s what makes your project go from a DIY look to a professional look. ![]()
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