Hammond Re-Engineered DIY Guides · No. 22
Paint a Room the Right Way
Prep Is Eighty Percent of the Job
A room painted right looks great for ten years. A room painted wrong looks bad for one. The difference is prep — taping, patching, priming, and the right roller.
About This Guide
Prep is eighty percent. Rolling is the easy part.
Most DIY painting disappointments come from skipping prep: no patch work, no priming, wrong nap on the roller, bad tape line. This book spends most of its pages on prep because that's where the quality comes from.
- Choosing paint (sheen, primer, quality tier).
- Masking and taping (and the trick for razor-sharp lines).
- Patching drywall (quick reference; see book 21 for detail).
- Priming (when, where, why).
- Cutting in with a brush.
- Rolling technique (nap, speed, pressure, overlap).
- Trim and baseboard painting.
- Cleanup and reuse.
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