Painting Skirting Against Carpet

Place the cut straight edge in one corner of the room with the cut straight edge up against the skirting board of one wall and the roll next to the skirting.

Painting skirting against carpet. This video will show you how to paint baseboards or skirting boards on carpet there is a little trick to doing it. If you mask the carpet and or use a paint shield as soon as you let go of the shield the carpet is going to spring back up and make contact with the wet paint on the skirting. Use heavy masking paper put it 5mm up the skirting then take a bolster chisel and push it down between the carpet and skirting this is how the carpet is fitted then tape the masking paper in place. If you re working with a shorter kind of carpet insert a putty knife in the space between the carpet and the skirting board at an angle to push the carpet away from the wall.

Or get a carpet fitter like me and do a freebee for him then give him a call evertime you need a re fit. Just pull the. For protecting your carpet when painting skirting boards you ll need to use 2 at least masking tape. The carpet is in good condition and i don t want to replace it but i m worried that i ll get paint on it while painting the skirting boards.

Let the paint dry and remove. The second option is to mask the area between the carpet and the skirting board using a 2 width masking tape to separate the carpet from the skirting board. 7 repeat this all around the bottom edge of the skirting boards and around any door frames that you might be painting. The carpet is quite fluffy so it actually touches the skirting boards.

A nice simple tool to use for undercoating and glossing skirting board without messing the carpet up. 5 x research source then place the masking tape along where the skirting board meets the floor leaving a slight lip about 1 2 cm 0 20 in that is pressed. Potentially nightmare task but keeping the area clean while you work frequent drip checks and patience will be key to the success of. Use a pair of scissors to cut your masking tape so you have a straight edge.

6 push the masking tape down the back edge of the carpet and press down making sure the making tape is tight up against the skirting board with no carpet showing. Painting a skirting board against fitted carpet.