Our house has bull nose corners throughout it. For those of you who do not know what bull nose corners are: The corners are all rounded at walk throughs. If I am painting my dining room a different color than my living room I am not sure where to stop paintin on the corners? Do I divide the corner in 1/2, or tape off a vertical line from the ceiling to floor? Help.
Many times you can see a line just before the curve starts. Many strike a line there on one side or another. Though, you can do the half and half mark too.
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I do alot of interior custom paint jobs with bullnose corners( most new homes have them now). You can bring the paint around the corner or what I usually do is paint the wall with one color to the middle. When its dry then I tape the bullnose directly down the middle. I use painters caulking and take a small amount down the tape line, then wipe excess off with a damp rag. Then I take the other color and paint onto the tape. When you remove the tape you have perfect lines and very little or no bleeding under the tape line.
Hi, Can you explain to me what painters caulking is? You mentioned taking a small amount down the tape line and wiping off the excess with a damp rag. I so appreciate this information! Thanks!!
Hi Krismat, & Co.! The "Painter's-caulk" tip works the best in my opinion too. * As Momb..." says, use a little amt. of caulk, & wipe it down the tape edge. * A pea-size qty. for an 8' wall is OK. After applying caulk, rub it slightly toward the tape. Then wipe the area clean. This'll leave just a trace of caulk at tapes' edge. * If you have a large space that goes into a hallway, I'd "wrap the corner" with the large-space color, and change color where the round corner ends. JUST MY OPINION, but I've usually thought it looks odd if two colors meet halfway around a curve. * Painters caulk is just an inexpensive paintable caulk that you can bridge gaps from walls-to-trim, inside-corner smoothing, etc. Any decent hardware store has some...doesn't matter which brand. * Paintover times are usually less than 1 hr.
