What's the proper way to paint walls of a room?

Question

I'm a new homeowner and I just tried to repaint one of the rooms. I used semi-gloss interior wall paint to paint walls and a chest along on of the walls. After the paint on the chest had dried I put newspaper on it and stood on it to paint around a window. When I lifted the newspapers, I noticed some of the ink had stuck to the white paint. What step did I miss?

Answer 1

Buy some painter's tape and tape all arount the woodwork this way the paint will not get on the trims. Wash the walls down with TSP to remove dirt grease etc... repair the all the holes that were left from pitures or dents in the wall sand it down wipe with a tack cloth ,prime the walls ,then apply a couple coats of paint , I use semi gloss in the bathroom and kitchen because it's easy to wipe down ,but for the rest of the house I use eggshell because it hides the imperfections of the walls . Never use wall paper!

Answer 2

Waiting for the paint to dry.... You should not use newspaper anyway... You should tape off any corners with masking tape and anything that needs to be covered should be done with a tarp.

Answer 3

How long did you wait for it to dry? I think it is dry to the touch fairly quickly but would need quite a bit longer to dry enough to stand on it.