i have to paint at work tomorrow, im somewhat clueless!?

Question

i am being called into work tomorrow to paint our smoking room. we have a inspection and everything has to be perfect. its a somewhat small room. id say, 8 ft. x 5 ft. give or take a few. i only have to paint the 4 walls, one has a large window in it. what should i do first? i need steps. i know how to paint, i just need a few pointers! please help!

Answer 1

In a smoking room, you'll want to wash the walls first; I'd recommend using ammonia water mixture. Then mask off the window and door trim, and put drop cloths on the floor. I'd recommend priming first or using Kilz brand paint in a smoking room to prevent any bleeding through of the old paint. Paint around the edges first (door/window frames, ceiling and floor edges) then you can roll on the large area that is left pretty quickly. You may need to apply more than one coat. After paint has dried, carefully peel off your masking tape and Voile' - your masterpiece is complete!
ps - Wear old clothes and a hat cuz you'll undoubtedly get a little paint on yourself; have some good music to make the job more enjoyable!

Answer 2

Well, since it is a smoking room, you'll need to clean the walls first. If you don't the pain may not want to stick.

Next tape everything off. For the floor, use the rolls of plastic that you can tape to the floor trim. They have tape on the end and the plastic unfolds out. Then place plastic sheeting on the floor to cover the entire floor and tape that to the taped strips of plastic that are taped to the floor trim. Don't by any special taping devices. It is quicker and easier to lay the tape straight by had laying about 1.5-2 foot sections at a time. Make sure you tape off the ceiling also.

For 8 foot cielings get a handle for your paint roller that is about 1.5 - 2 feet long or so. A handle that length will allow you to paint from the floor to the ceiling without having to get on and off of a step ladder, making the painting go a whole lot quicker.

Make sure to get the right thickness of roller. The thickness will depend on how rough or smooth the wall is. Some displays will have a sample of how rough the wall is for that thickness of roller.

As far as the type of paint, I don't recommend using a flat pain or eggshell. If there is not much gloss in the paint, you will see every little place where you made a touch up. I recommend using a paint that has a satin gloss finish. You shouldn't be able to tell where you did touch ups with satin.

The last portion I like to do is the trimming. About a 1.5"-2" paintbrush works well for that. You'll also need a step ladder. I like to do the trimming last because I can get pretty close with the roller. And that normally means less trim work to do. Also by doing the trimming last, that means the trim portion has less time to dry before I pull the painters tape off, meaning the paint doesn't stick to the tape as easily, helping avoid pulling part of the paint off the wall. It's opposite of what most do, but I think it's a smarter way to go about it.

Once you get two coats on, you should be basically done. Try to get the painters tape off fairly soon after you paint. The longer you leave it on, the more the paint will want to stick to the tape when you go to pull it off. You should have very little touch up work if you've done it right. I normally go back with an art brush and put on the finishing touches to make the lines perfectly straight where sometimes paint got behind the tape or something like that.

If you are painting over an old wall color, it is somtimes best to paint the top 3-4" the same color as the ceiling before you start repainting the walls. This makes it so that you don't see a hint of the old wall color where the wall meets the ceiling.

Remember always work from the top down so that you are working with gravity. So if you have to paint the ceiling, paint it first. Make sure not to press too hard when you paint, that can cause runs. Take care of the runs quickly by using the roller when it is almost dry of paint to soak up the excess paint, otherwise the runs are there for good and they look worse with each successive layer of paint you add on top.

PS - Don't ever use the plastic that is supposed to be non-slip. It has an adhesive and is a pain to pull up. And if you have linoleum floors it leaves a residue on the floor that you have to work to get off.

Answer 3

You will need to use painter's tape around the trim of the windows and the doors so that you won't get paint on them, use old sheets or shower curtains on the floor and wipe the walls down with a vinegar and water mixture, vinegar cuts through smoke film like crazy! Then with a a brush do around the doors and windows about 3 or 4 inches and then roll the rest of it on the walls, but be sure to take the tape off BEFORE it dries or it could remove the finish on the trim! Also be sure to ventilate the room when you paint so as not to get ill from the paint fumes!

Answer 4

first step would be cleaning it with a degreaser or something similar. next tape up window and any other area that doesn't need painting..don't forget to cover the floor. next would be painting around all edges and last with a roll finish up painting the rest of wall.

Answer 5

start at the far end and work your way to the door I would use a roller you can do the whole thing in a short time and use a brush around the window