How to Paint the Skirting Board Rather than the Carpet!
2024 ж. 18 Мам.
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Painting the skirting board where there is carpet can be one of the more trickier painting jobs with the inherent, embarrassing risk of getting paint on the carpet for all to see. In this video I show you how I mask off the carpet before painting using the cheapest materials and best technique I have found to work over the years.
Equipment used in this video:
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Filler knife: amzn.to/3n4KvFI
This guy is great love his dry humour
In fact, packing tape often does a _better_ job than (cheap) masking tape, which tends to soak up a lot of the paint, and often doesn't stick to the thing you're trying to protect very well (so some of the paint gets wicked underneath). The downsides are that paint on masking tape stays wet for longer (so you need to be careful with it) and packing tape can stick _too well_ and pull old paint off the surface when you peel it at the end (but on carpet that doesn't really matter, of course).
Good idea with the packing tape. My decorator friend says the reason for using masking tape, is that it has a paper finish, and gloss paints dry into it quickly. Packing tape/sellotape etc, has a shiny finish, therefore gloss paints will take an age to dry on it. When it comes to removing the tape, he says its easier to remove, without dragging semi dry gloss across painted skirting boards, and peoples carpets.
INTERESTING AND VERY UNDERSTANDABLE :) FROM THIS VIDEO , I LEARNED A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE JOB :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Thank you for the tip! Recently repaint and using tape so much easier than masking tape! Big thank you!!!
Great tips and loved the humour! Those little looks at the camera 😂
These are fabulous videos. All of them. Thanks for going to the efforts of making them 🙏
Straight forward, simple and a Perfect video 👍
Thanks mate! Trying to decorate my spare room and this tip is just what I was after.
This is the best idea I have ever seen! Thanks !!x
thank you for your wisdom. i have to start to do glossing tomorrow- paint skirting, architraves and doors,, and there is staircase in tge house as well. ❤❤❤
Brilliant! I've watches several videos and was looking for instruction on how to re-install the carpeting, thinking, I am just going to pull the carpet up to paint (planning to do the floors anyway) .. this is the best method I have seen, thank you!
Thank you mate You saved me a lot of hassle. Brilliant. Much appreciated.
Ingenious! Thank you for making it such fun too!
Thank you
Thanks for this as I have a staircase to do and didn't want to lift the carpet. Much appreciated such a big help.
Brilliant!! Just what I was looking for.
i gave up taping stairs. used a 10" putting knife as a guard when painting steps last go and worked like a charm
Great guide just what I was looking for! Cheers mate 👍
Thanks for this video!! I didn't have one of those 'multi-tools' you use and I found a wallpaper scraper was too sharp - it cut through the tape every time, but ended up using a 5" car windscreen plastic ice scraper - worked perfectly!! Keep the videos coming
love your videos, great tips , my dad was a painter and decorator but I'm just glad he didn't see your brush ! smilie face.
This is genius, thank you so much for this!
This is genius. Thank you!
Works a treat thanks mate
This worked so well! Thanks heaps!!!
Hi Stuart. Big fan of your channel. Have been a subscriber for some time now. Look forward to every entertaining video. Have literally just copied your method here using packing/parcel tape. Best DIY hack ever. So simple. Keep up the great work. 👍🏼
Just the advice I needed, great stuff, subscribed!
I tried your method and it worked brilliantly thank you very much top man1
Instructional...first class...thank you.
Really great, I would not have considered packing tape and it seems like a good option. That’s wider and provides better protection, and in this case, easier to snug up behind the carpet.
Brilliant. Knew Stuart's channel was the place to go for finding an answer to this 👍
Good tip will give it a try, thanks..I Used masking tape and it left a light brown residue when I pulled it off, was only on for a day or so, luckily the it came off easily.
Great tip my friend all your vids give good honest tips amazing. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
Really good guide - just what I was after. So simple once you know the trick, but always the simple things that are hardest to find out at first if you don't already know them...
Thanks
I AGREE THAT IT IS THE SITUATION MANNY TIMES ! THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Never tried this but will try this weekend actually looking forward to it as my wife as agreed to do masking
Thank you that’s really helpful I was up in the night thinking how I was going to manage it
Great tip, good humour 😊
Nice one! Very helpful.
I actually can't wait to give this tip a try! Thanks
Good
Thanks for this I was wondering how to do it!
Great tip & one I have used in the past. My dad was a fanatical DIY painter. He used to strain liquid gloss paint through a pair of my mum's old stockings to make sure it had no lumps!! A tip given to him by my grandmother who was a great decorator. They must have had rubbish paint back then. It must have worked because his paint finishes were like glass. Anyhow, when I cleaned out my dad's garage prior to selling their house I found some strips of contoured white plastic about 800mm long by 30mm wide. They were in an unopened cellophane bag with a Woolworths sticker on them. Turned out they were for wedging in between the skirting & carpet to do the same job as your masking tape. Wedge in 3 or 4 of the plastic strips between the skirting & carpet, pull back the plastic strip & away you go with your brush. As you get to the end of the last plastic strip take out the first one & move it up to the front & so on. However, the plastic strips are too long to be used on a staircase so masking with tape is just about the only way to do that. Keep them coming Stuart.
Good stuff! Funny how things don't change much over the years except now we all have KZhead and the internet to learn from. Thanks for your comments.
Hi Stuart, tried your tip of using packaging tape to mask the carpet. Worked really well, no paint on carpet. Fantastic thanks very much 2:29
Love it, top tip, will have to try that.
Thank you
Great tip.Didnt have any packing tape used duct tape.Speaking from my experience much better than masking tape.Thanks
Glad it helped
Just what I was looking for👍🏽
Definitely a top tip as I do the same thing, parcel tape works a treat
Thank you! You are the first person to confirm you use the same as me!
I've just done this today.. great tip.. thank you
@@stuartmccrae7844 Nice one - glad to help.
Thanks for this 👍🏾
Class mate defo doing that next time I do my stairs!!
Thanks
Thanks for tips ace! 👍
No problem 👍
took your advice and it worked really well
Excellent
These tips are great.
Glad you like them!
Liking the idea with using the packing tape , I normally use masking tape but not ideal when painting with carpets in situ
Oh! VERY clever!!! AND hilarious, too.
Thanks
Great vid, thank you 🙏
Super helpful thanks!
No problem!
Funny, informative, soulfull and I look forward to Fridays. Great channel, great vids everytime. Ps. The tools forgive you for the surface!
Thank you very much. Nice one! I can always rely on 'Somewhere Else' !
brilliant. very useful indeed. you must have the patience of a saint😀
Yes, thanks
Thank you so much you are a great help
Great tip will try today 👍👍
All the best
Great, thanks for this!!
My pleasure!
Are you synced to my Mrs brain? I stumbled across your channel about the post fixed to wall..saw this tip about the tape and next minute I've spent all day glossing bedroom skirting! Seriously good tip..looking forward to new content to learn and re affirm my skills
Thank you
You must have the patience of a saint. I absolutely hate glossing skirting, but I will try out your method!
Todays job 😥
Attention to detail....👍
I try!
Interesting. I use the same technique of tucking in but use normal masking tape (just cheap wide stuff), will give the packing tape a go next time I decorate.
Give it a go and see what you think
I have recently painted four rooms using the packing tape technique. It has worked perfectly each time...no more paint smudges on the edges of the carpet, or bits of fluff sticking to the new paintwork. Genius!
When do you peel the packing tape of the carpet do you peel it when the paint is fully dried ?
Wait until the paint is dry. If you remove the tape too early you risk smearing the paintwork.@@kaler329
Great tip 👍
Thanks
Bloody simple awesome hint, nicking this next I have to do ours lol
You're welcome
Why oh why have I not thought of this before ? The best tips are usualy common sense to some. Thanks for that, hope the wife doesnt see your channel as I've just retired. Subscribed to your channel. Right, I'm off down the pub !
Glad you enjoyed it - have a nice pint!
You the man 💯❤️
Top tip. Thanks.
Glad to help
Brilliant ! Thanks for a great tip!👍Subscribed
Did this today, rather than my usual method and it worked a treat. Thank you!
Fantastic!
Brilliant.
Thanks
i like your style of videos
Thank you!
Brilliant
Just did a bedroom with paper masking tape on the carpet. Nightmare as it kept tearing when taking it off!!! Next time will definitely try packaging tape. Thanks!
Yes masking tape can be a real pain for that
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Great tip mate, better than using masking tape.
Thanks
From the photographic standpoint I was wondering how you handled shooting that. Did you have a second person on the camera? I loved that crazy picture on the wall - very funny.
I love the title.
Our cleaner has decimated the gloss paint on all our skirting boards (particularly the stairs) by being too aggressive with the Henry hoover. I have a big job ahead of me. Thanks for the tips. My question is how long can you leave the packing tape on the carpet without it leaving a sticky residue?
Do you sand before applying the tape or after?
Watched this and will definitely be doing this, especially as my wife saw me watching the video and said how easy it looked. Was the paint water based?
You need to be careful what she sees you watching else you'll be starting a new garden office project or loft conversion soon! Yes, waterbased which I'm not necessarily a fan of but does dry quickly so multiple coats per day.
Nice technique, pity I have just bought masking tape... Dooh Quick question, do you change the tape between u/c and a gloss finish?
Niiiice 🎉🎉
My ex never believed in masking before painting.... she also didn't believe in covering furniture or taking things like jackets off of coat hooks before painting... So most of my carpets are stuck to the boards, and I lost 2 jackets and a computer to "accidental" drips 🤔
Awesome solution. Just previously watched an idiot suggest we free hand paint from top down. Thank you.
Rarely any need for any type of tape. For skirting use a 1/2inch angled window brush, don't overload with paint & gently splay the bristles as you cut into the carpet. Job done. Tape will leave a mark on the painted surface ( i notice you never gave us a close up shot of the finished article). Mind, i have been doing this for decades so...
Is it better to pull off the tape while paint is wet or after it dries? I'm worried the paint will peel off with the tape if pulled off when dry. Thank you
Rather than parcel tape that migh leave goo behind try 50 mm polymide (Kapton) tape, it is very tough stuff!
make sure u have a dust sheet down lol . i always paint also out of a small bucket that way i am not carrying the full tin about . great video though .
Thanks
Excellent. How do I access your other videos please?
While on the video page just click on 'Proper DIY' below the screen and it will take you to my channel.
As again mate. Prober job, never thought of that, will be using that the weekend for the stair case. Wife says if I get paint on the stairs she will buy a cat🤧🤧🤧
Better be careful then!
make more videos please best regards from PARIS
Lots more coming!
What about if you have to undercoat or two top coats
Great advice , About to start the Hallway & Stairs .. Sick of white paint going yellow all the time . So going to change the colour scheme , to a nice shade of grey ... Was going to use masking tape after watching another video . But I think your idea of Packing tape is better ..... Thanks ..... Liked & Subbed ....
Thank you
Sounds good. You didn’t show a close up of the end result.
No joke, I recently used a thin Coronavirus A4 information laminate. Saves so much time. Just slide it along, also handy if you need to sit the brush down. Masking works but you definitely run the risk of paint peeling from bonding to the tape. Nice one cheers ✌🏻🤙🏻
Thank you
Doesn't the paint run down once you move it though?
@@GK-qc5ry no because I lay it off. If paints running you’ve used too much. The pros tape carpet, but you run the risk of it peeling when you pull the tape away.
NOOOICE!!!
You blessing mate, guess what I'm painting .... TODAY ..... and I normally end up with paint all over the carpet
Good luck
Hi, amateur painter here 👋🏼 I tried this but when I peeled away the tape it took a lot of the paint with it leaving jagged edges ☹️ I used Dulux trade primer and Dulux trade satin wood. Primer was left for four hours, then 18 hours between two coats of the satinwood. Any ideas? Thank you
Yep, you could remove the tape before the paint dries,also when painting, don’t load the brush up so much, and try and cut in as if there was no tape iyswim.
that is an inevitable and high risk with leaving the paint to dry for 24hrs as he did in this video. Unless you run a knife blade along the boundary of tape and wood to cut through the paint, there is always a (strong) chance that gloss/satin paint will act as a film and thus be pulled off the wood as happened to you because it is "strong" enough to span the gap between tape and wood during the action of removing the tape Cutting with a knife is obviously time consuming and not without risk of cutting things you do not want cut and leaving a visible score line in the wood if the carpet does not spring back up far enough to cover the score line. Removing the tape before the paint is dry risks creating a mess, particularly if you applied too much paint and there is a pool of paint in the crevice between carpet and wall (such a pool also of course greatly increasing the risk of pull off if done when the paint is dry) There is no single answer. Either way works but both add to overall time as you need to go carefully either with a knife or to avoid paint runs if paint still wet. parcel tape may be cheaper than masking tape, but gloss paint won't soak into it and therefore is more likely to still be wet long after you think it is dry on the wood. for the small extra cost of masking tape I would use that rather than parcel tape and remove whilst paint is still wet - but the main tip is make sure whilst painting not to create pooling.
@@John01GM40 Or you could just lift the carpet, 😏
Just use a plastic paint guide from B&Q. Works every time no mess.
And costs about 10 times as much.
what is this magic plastic paint guide you speak of? off to B&Q I go