Painting of skirting boards: step -by -step instructions

Painting of the skirting boards will favorably complement the design of the room if you approach the choice of color correctly. In the course of this process, in addition to your own preferences, you should focus on the height of the ceilings, the footage of the room, the interior of the room and lighting. We will tell you about all the intricacies of the painting process in this article.

Features of color choice

1. The skirting board can be painted in a color similar to the shade of the floor or ceiling. This technique will make it possible to visually increase the room.
2. In a room with low skirting boards, it is recommended to choose a color close in tone wall decoration.
3. The modern design technique is the coloring of the baguette under the shade of the door or doorways.
4. Recently, the tendency to paint skirting boards in contrasting colors has also gained popularity. This is a rather bold experiment, but with the right selection of shades, the interior of the room will acquire originality.
5. For lovers of non -standard solutions, skirting boards of bright colors are suitable. But in this case, the interior should have elements of similar shades: sofa pillows, images on battles, curtains. Also, this technique should be used in spacious rooms with good lighting, since bright skirting boards visually reduce the footage.

Painting of foam plinths

Often the feasibility of staining these products is in doubt. They are mainly produced in white. And if you have a ceiling of a similar color, then a logical question arises: why do it be stained with a baguette? But there is a need for this. Foam is a material with a loose structure. And on the baseboard made from it, small scratches will form, which, in good light, are quite noticeable.
In addition, after a certain period of time, the baguette will darken or yellowness will appear on it. Painting will prevent these unpleasant moments, maintain the appearance and structure of the baseboard, as well as extend its service life. In addition, it is much easier to care for a painted baguette. To remove pollution from it, you just need to wipe the surface with a damp rag.
You can paint the baseboard before and after installation. Each option has its own characteristics:

1. When painting before installation, you should first cut the baguettes of the required size, then fit them in the corners. But after installation, there will be a need to close up joints. In the course of this procedure, there is a chance of surface damage.
2. Staining after installation is a more time -consuming process, but allows you to get a neat result. If baguettes and ceiling are planned to be painted in an identical color, experts recommend this simultaneously before wall decoration. If necessary, in the processing of the skirting board with a primer, it is better to do this before installation.

The final result depends not only on the correct sequence of work, but also on the paint used. The skirting boards made on the basis of foam should not contact with colorful substances, which include solvents. The paint must be chosen exclusively on water -based. In this case, they are suitable:

• acrylic;
• water-dispersion;
• latex compositions.

If painting is carried out before installation, then you can use a spray can. This will accelerate the workflow and will avoid divorces and flows. If it was not possible to find the paint of the required color on sale, you can add the colore of the desired shade to the white paint.
For staining, you need:

• colorful composition;
• small brush;
• capacity;
• a wide spatula.

The process of painting is carried out in the following sequence of actions:

1. Before painting, you need to put the area of \u200b\u200bthe joint. To do this, a small amount of plaster composition is applied to the spatula, after which the joint is processed in the direction from top to bottom. Excess putty are removed with a damp sponge.
2. When the composition dries, you need to process the joints with fine -grained sandpaper paper in order to remove irregularities.
3. If the painting of ceiling skirting boards is carried out before they are installed or on an unheated surface, then for work you can use a spray can.
4. If the floor and walls are already covered with finishing material, a masking tape must be glued along the baguettes. This will help prevent paint on the finishing coating.
5. If the tape is glued to wallpaper during peeling off the decorative surface may be damaged. To avoid this, another material should be used as a protective coating. For example, cardboard, which when painting needs to be applied to the processed area.
6. Painting should be performed in a room with a low level of humidity, into which drafts and direct sunlight do not penetrate. The processed area must be covered with paper.
7. Coloring is carried out with light movements along the baguette. It is necessary to ensure that there are no stains or traces from the brush on the surface.
8. If a spray can be used for staining, it should be kept at a distance of 30 cm from the baguette. With non -compliance with this requirement, it cannot be avoided.
9. After completing the work, it is necessary to wait for the complete drying of the colorful composition. The time that is required for this is indicated on the package.

If the paint on the skirting board is applied after its installation, the work is performed in this order:

1. Before starting work, the surface should be cleaned of dust and pollution.
2. Next, tape is glued on both sides of the baguette to protect the walls and ceiling from the color of the paint. As in the previous case, for this purpose you can use cardboard.
3. First, one section of the skirting board is completely processed, then you can move to another.
4. So the colorful composition is applied to the entire surface of the baguette. Scotch tape can be peeled off after drying the paint.
5. If after the end of the work the joints will be visible, another layer of the composition should be applied.

Painting of a floor skirting board

Floor buggles are made from MDF (plywood) and natural wood. The main advantage of these materials is environmental safety. MDF skirting boards consist of plywood, which is the main layer in the product and impregnated with a dye of paper having a protective coating. Due to the presence of this surface layer, the baguette retains its color under the influence of sunlight. Snin boards from this material do not need special care. Two colors are on sale such products: light gray and white.

For work you will need:

• mDF baguettes;
• primer;
• dye;
• rubber gloves;
• painting brush;
• rags;
• polyethylene film;
• capacity.

The baguette can be painted both before installation and after. If the paint is applied to the installed skirting board, then the process has the following features:

1. The walls and floor are pre -pasted with tape for painting or closed with paper.
2. Initially, the surface of the product should be polished, for this it is treated with sandpaper with small grain.
3. Further, a primer mixture is applied to the skirting boards in two layers.
4. Between applying the layers you need to take a break so that the primer is dry.
5. Repeated coating will provide an even and perfectly smooth surface, which is to greatly simplify the application of a colorful composition.

An ordinary painting brush is suitable for work. When choosing its size, the width of the plinth should be taken into account. The thin baguette is painted with a narrow brush, for a wide product you need to choose a larger brush. MDF skirting boards are painted with colorful water -based compounds, since they do not have an unpleasant odor and dry quickly.

If it is planned to paint another unidentified baguette, the work is performed as follows:

1. Before starting the working process, the floor surface is covered with a film.
2. The paint is applied with a thin layer on the outer side of the product.
3. There is no need to paint a baguette on the inside.
4. After the first layer dries, the skirting board is treated with a coloring composition repeatedly.
5. If the paint falls on the unprotected surface, it should be immediately removed with a damp rag. For staining, a spray can also be suitable. The coloring composition is applied to the installed skirting board only with a brush.

Painting of wooden skirting boards is carried out in several layers:

1. Previously, the product is covered with a soil mixture.
2. The brush should be placed parallel to the floor surface.
3. If the flooring and skirting boards are painted simultaneously, first of all, you need to paint the baguette.
4. The coloring composition is applied with a uniform thin layer, after its drying, the procedure is repeated.
5. You can not apply a thick layer, since it is subsequently swollen and deformed.

A wooden baseboard for painting floor can be covered with a stain - a special liquid that will give the material the desired shade and emphasize its aesthetic qualities. Stains are divided into:

• alcohol;
• oil;
• aqueous liquids.

Any variety is suitable for skirting boards. These substances are sold in a powder state, before use they must be diluted with water. The saturation of the shade depends on the amount of powder.
You can apply liquid by means of a brush or spray gun. The stain is applied in two ways. In the course of work, the excess fluid can be removed, or you can partially or completely leave. Excess funds are left if the skirting board needs to give a darker shade.  The liquid is applied along the fibers. The drying time depends on the type of stain. Oil liquids dry over the day, products based on a solvent or water for 2-3 hours.

Polyurethane skirting board: painting

Polyurethane is light, but quite strong material. Due to its environmental safety, it can be used in a room of any purpose. The operation of this material is 30 years. The skirting boards made on its basis have the following advantages:

1. Do not change the appearance over time.
2. Resistant to moisture, ultraviolet radiation and temperature differences.
3. Also, cracks are not formed on their surface.
4. Due to its high elasticity, such baguettes can be arranged rounded surfaces.
5. Another dignity is a wide variety of drawings and colors.

Polyurethane baguettes are available for decorating joints between the walls and the ceiling, between the floor and the walls, as well as for the design of the ceiling surface. They are divided into two types:

• patterned;
• smooth.

Products with a pattern are very similar to gypsum stucco molding, so these baguettes are widely used when creating interiors in such styles such as Empire, Rococo, Modern and Baroque. Bagetes are also divided into types in the corner, which is formed after installation. It can be 30 °, 45 ° or 60 °.

Due to the stability of these products to moisture, they can be installed in rooms with a high level of humidity. In this case, the skirting board will help to solve not only a decorative problem, but also warn the appearance of fungi and mold. Since the polyurethane is immune to low temperatures, skirting boards can be installed in unheated rooms. And the ability of the material to maintain its operational properties in high temperature conditions allows the use of skirting boards made on its basis in kitchen rooms.

For painting baguettes from polyurethane, various types of colorful compositions are used. Using Glazes (tinting agents), the product can be given a different texture. Processing these compounds allows you to achieve the effect of gold, metal, stone, wood. Foam polyurethane material is also painted with water -based or acrylic paints.
In addition, there is a significant variety of decorative colorful products in aerosol packages on sale. When applying them, the following rules should be followed:

1. The skirting board should initially be treated with dispersion waterproof paint.
2. For decoration, use a brush or spray gun.
3. Start to stain 24 hours after installation.
4. Beauty should be applied in several layers, each of which should dry well and only after that you can continue to work.

Conclusion

Painting of skirting boards will allow them to give them a more aesthetic appearance, strengthen the structure and enter these products into the interior of the room. The staining process is quite simple and does not require qualified training. But in order to obtain a qualitative result, in the course of the work, a certain sequence of actions and the rules for applying a colorful composition must be observed.

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