Painting skirting boards

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How do you do it without getting paint on the carpet? What do you do if you get paint on the carpet?

piece of stiff cardboard tilted between carpet and board....or you can buy a plastic edging tool which does same job

cant you pull up carpets?

In theory you shove a piece of card in under the skirting board and move it along as you paint.

In practice this leaves its own little paint trail, if you're me. So these days I'd shove masking tape or newspaper under the skirting with a palette knife and not be in too much hurry to remove it (there's always one blooming blob that hasn't dried).

Getting paint off carpet varies but the golden rule is Soon. So make sure you have to hand whatever brush cleaner the paint requires, before you start. And also work out how you'll get the cleaner out of the carpet (eg washing up liquid for white spirit), and blot, don't rub in.

Do not want to pull upcarpets, really.Last time i did it it was before new carpets so it did not matter.Cheers for ideas- v good

if you do it at an angle...and dont overload the brush,then the trail is minimal

Watch this video...

www.dulux.co.uk/video/da_painting_skirting.jsp

We put masking tape along ours - is that weird then?

I have already got m tape but for something else.Thanks a lot .

There was an advert on tv for 'frog tape' but not sure whether that's just for walls near skirting

Yes I saw an ad for similar in the newspaper but it was quite expensive

I use masking tape too. I buy the widest I can and push down at the skirting board edge IYSWIM.

YesDaisie 4 You are right!

Oooohhhh saw frog tape at Homebase the other day - am goign to buy it because it is green and I like frogs - hope it works.

We do masking tape pushed down with a fish slice.

frog tape is deisgned for use with emulsion paint, so not sure its the best tape to use for skirtings