Tips For Painting Baseboard With Carpet

To keep carpet safe lay down masking or packing tape and slide it under your baseboard with a putty knife to prevent drips.

Tips for painting baseboard with carpet.

If you need to paint baseboard next to a wall to wall carpet you could try to peel that carpet back as you brush along the edge of the molding and hope you don t get any paint on it but there s a better way. Run your 2 masking tape roughly 1 2 an inch up onto the baseboard. Place strips of 2 inch blue painter s tape along the edge of the carpet where it meets the baseboard. Wipe off baseboard with a tack cloth.

Directions for painting baseboards with carpet. Angle it so it pulls the carpet fibers away and gives you enough space to insert your paint brush follow the same process as above wash dry prime paint. Apply the painters tape onto the carpet and right up against the baseboard but leave about half an inch or so extra to tuck it in underneath the baseboard. When laying the tape tuck the edge of the tape underneath the edge of the baseboard with a.

Only paint a small section of baseboard at a time maybe 12 or so. 1 place the paint shield in between the baseboard and the carpet. Apply first coat of paint by starting at the top of the front of the baseboard working you way down to the bottom of the baseboard. Determine how thick of carpet you re dealing with or how far the bottom of the baseboard is below the top of the carpet.

The trick is to use the right tool for the job. Once you have done this using your 5 and 1 tool press down firmly on the tape rug and carefully tuck the painters tape underneath the baseboard. If you have oak trim you will need to apply a coat of oil based primer first. You can use a paint guard or metal sheet if you want an added layer of protection.

There typically is a decent gap between the baseboard and the carpet that you will see once you are able to push down the carpet and push back the packing tape.