Painting your walls with rollers is a kind of DIY technique of decorating your house. If you are doing it for the first time, do not expect perfection in the first turn there may remain some bloopers as you may find some fat edges and roller marks because of the quantity of paint you apply on the roller.
Here are some key points or techniques which can help you avoid these wall painting bloopers.
· Make sure you have made the walls smooth by applying a suitable primer.
· If you are going to do it for the first time, there is a need to take some advice from a Pakistani interior designer about applying different patterns in various parts of your house and also learn some tips from a pro.
· Fat edges and roller marks are common while painting with a roller; however, you need to smooth them before the paint dries off.
· Fat edges and roller marks appear usually when you dip the roller in the paint and do not move it in the to and fro motion on the flat part of the split tray. To evenly soak the roller in the paint to a saturated point, you need to suspend it and roll it on the tray. Keep repeating the procedure until the roller gets saturated.
· Do not start painting from an edge as it results in huge buildups; instead paint a long, smooth stroke leaving a space of one foot from the floor and 6 inches from a corner. While making a long strong upward, leave a space of a few inches before you reach the ceiling.
· If the roller marks or a fat edge appears while you are painting, smoothen it before it gets dried off. Do not ever load the roller with the paint to give a finishing touch, because it will even make a thicker layer of paint, giving an overall uneven look to your walls. Therefore, use the roller over the fat edges without reloading it with the paint. Do not press on the buildups, instead apply slight stroke.
· Make sure, every time you dip the roller for the same time duration as you did it for the first time because it will help absorbing the paint in the same quantity.
This way, by taking care of these key points and by consulting interior decorators in Lahore, you can get different ideas about avoiding the slipups.