So you want to paint your apartment?

Have to repaint her apartment project is good, but it is still necessary to master the technique. Do yourself is not without its difficulties, but it is less expensive. Be careful to choose the right paint based on its walls, the appropriate color, have the hand, buy the right tools ... Here are some tips to complete this project early in the year.

Think its decor

Béaba the project is to talk with your spouse. What do you want again? Is it the kitchen, bedroom, hallway or bathroom? The winter season is certainly less prone to work because the paint will take longer to dry ... No problem, it's worth it. For the issue of ownership, know that it is considered clean and not as major renovations. More improvement.

Bring the right tools

Foremost, to protect your floors and furniture, you'll need plastic sheeting. Cover everything beforehand because some burrs can be recovered. You will also need a container with a side to put the painting and the other for spin with your brushes. A long handle ceiling. Tape to complaints. A pair of gloves to protect your hands from chemicals. So you know what tool for what works?

Their size and shape vary depending on their use.

• The flat brushes or "Spalters" to smooth and polish.
• The brush-brush and coat for all coarse work. They can also be used to moisten the paint or granular surfaces.
• The rechampir-brushes to paint the corners, windows and moldings.
• The flat brushes also called "tail-cod" for varnish or lacquer surfaces.
• Brushes Flat-bent ferrules for inaccessible corners or behind radiators.
• The round brushes 1/4 inch for jobs that do not require too much detail.

Please also choose the quality of the hair on the brushes. Regardless of whether it is nylon, boar or other, it is important not to leave debris on your wall.

Choosing a paint

At each surface painting. In the multitude of products, there are water-based paints: they are called "Acrylic". They are painless, easy to apply, can be used on many supports, inside and out. The advantage of these murals is that they do not yellow. There are those based solvents, "Glycero", they are more durable and give a smoother look. Not as green as water because they feel strong and dry slowly. Between the two types, there are the "glycero water" (alkyd-emulsion), it has a good capacity for leaching and finally joins paints for wood, metals or soils.

Attention, one piece water require a supporting wall humidity and projections of all kinds. The choice of paint and color will be based on the size of the room, furniture and existing natural and artificial light. Side color, no bright colors in a dark room. It's all about association and inventiveness. For example, the vertical stripes on a wall give an effect in height.

When you get into painting a room, always start with the ceiling, then the walls and finally, trim (moldings, baseboards, doors and windows).
Your wall must be perfectly washed and dry. Feel free to dilute your paint well (water for latex paint or white spirit for painting glycero) before applying to the wall. Paint put several thin layers is indeed stronger than a big thick layer of paint.

Ask your paint orderly, square meter by square meter, always starting from the top of the wall.
Start with the corners and edges of the walls with a brush rechampir. Dip the roll in half the paint. Remove excess paint by rolling spin on the grid (you will avoid any cast on the wall and save your paint). Roll the paint roller first vertically. Cross vote gesture by ironing on the same area horizontally. Smooth the surface you just paint ironing roll upwards.

The ceiling

If the ceiling is painted for the first time, apply to start a sub-primer. Choose a stool at the right height. Start by painting brush the edges of the ceiling.
Then ask your paint roller orderly, square meter by square meter.
Roll the paint roller first in one direction: from front to back and then back to the same area in the opposite direction: from left to right (cross). Smooth the surface you just paint ironing roll front to back. If you prefer, you can use a roller with a telescopic handle. This will save you many travel between your scale and paint ....

At your brushes!