Hi, I'm a 53 year old newbie and I've had RA my entire life. I want to paint my house but the last time I did it I couldn't move my hands for weeks. Does anyone know of any tips for painting (interior) that might help me?hire someone! Even though we may be able to do them at the moment its not worth the reprocussions afterwords. It may cost you more money up front but is it worth doing something like that and be hurting or worse in the end? I agree. It's not worth the pain. Hire someone, beg someone or don't do it.
Or take your time, like months....Seriously, I love to paint. I've painted practically the whole interior of my house but at a cost. In fact, I'm doing my kitchen (after first removing old wallpaper) and then I'm going to tackle the spare room. But it will take a long, long time because of the pain. And I've learned to stop when my body says to. But weird as it sounds, I do enjoy it. My dad and grandpa were house painters.
If you have to do it yourself dont think of the big picture just take one wall at a time and instead of a roller and brushes use a painting pad set(great for cutting in around light and plug sockets and a lot easier on the hands, take nice long breaks in between and if your body yells STOP then dont start until you feel better.The best advice is to rope all your friends in and have a decorating party. I had one last august when I moved and my whole house was painted internally. they painted and i provided the refreshments, we had a great time.lindal- what state are you in?
I did some interior painting last year. It took me months to strip the wallpaper, repair the walls and paint. I was proud that I finished it, but it did take forever. I took it in small doses and did what I could when I could.
Then we had a really big interior painting job to do last fall, two big rooms, high sloped ceilings. I started it, but had to give in and hire it out. It just wasn't worth the pain and agony since it had to get done quickly.
It's always a choice of how best to use limited resources: time, money and energy!
Good luck with however you choose to accomplish this.
see i dont have todo that stuff...thats why i married someone in the trades, he does it for me
seriously, i had to work on my girls car saturday and i thought i was gonna die sunday!
i have really got to learn to pace myself and slow way down, cause i do suffer the next few days really bad.
if you have to do it yourself, please take your time. go slow. and if you can, get some help.
if you live alone or in an adult only household you can do it if you really want/have to, but it takes a lot of planning.
Go with a paint color that can stand sitting around a lot. Be prepared to paint just a part of a wall one day and the next part 2 days later. get LOTS of stir sticks and invest in tons of zip-loc bags. The minute you THINK you might be gettting tired, STOP work, and tuck your brushes, pads and stir sticks into a zip-loc and seal it. Tuck your paint tray into a big zip loc and seal it. don't bother washing etc, for me that takes more time than painting.
Leave the ladder and drop cloths set up. If you are painting the LR be prepared to essentially live in your bedroom or family room til the paint work is done. make sure you have several rollers with extension handles. use a ladder only as a last resort.
Use the blue painters tape, it doesn't mar the walls as much as masking tape but it WILL take off paint if its left on more than a month.. Dont ask how I know this.
My son "painted" my kitchen this summer, which means I did all the prep and touch up and cleaning. 2 days before Christmas I painted one corner of my living room, about 3 feet each way. The color looks great and it isnt a dramatic color so I figure it won't go bad before I get around to finishing ONE wall.
If you have kids under 20 hire it done... mine are 4 years and 15 months old... I'm hiring the rest of the work.
Invest in a wagner power roller, sssoooooooooooo sweet, only about 5.00 i think. Regular rollers will certainly wear you out. All that bending and dipping etc. When painting most time is spent bending, dipping and rolling off excess. The wagner power roller just keeps on painting as fast or as slow as you want to go. You can do four walls in about one hour. Swweeeet, no bending.