{"id":482315,"date":"2024-07-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/how-to-paint-a-wall\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T18:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:06:54","slug":"how-to-paint-a-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/how-to-paint-a-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"How to paint a wall?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Prepare your walls and work area.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Many of us would like to eliminate the preparation phase and go straight to adorning the walls with the chosen colour, but it is a key step to achieve a good result.<\/p>\n\n<p>Before you begin:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moves all furniture and accessories to the center of the room and covers with sheets;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove items that are fixed to the wall and fill in all holes and cracks (you can use our finishing clay);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once dry, sand the filling until the wall is smooth and even;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insulates outlets, switches and handles and covers with smooth tape;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply (if necessary) a primary \u2013 You don&#8217;t know if to use it, go to the Decision Matrix;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the can and stir the chosen paint color well to distribute the pigment evenly. Pour about 2.5 cm of paint into a container that is easy to hold; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dip the brush into the paint. It starts at the top of the wall and paints a frame (about 5 cm wide) around all edges of the wall, from top to bottom.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong><strong>And now, the moment you&#8217;ve been waiting for &#8211; Paint!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your painting technique should combine constant pressure with the movement of the roller up, down and transversely until it covers each area evenly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>What type of roller should I use?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>For our water-based paints, we recommend a medium-pile roller, suitable for applying paint to both walls and ceilings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Tip: If you need a break or are waiting for the first coat to dry, prevent the roll from drying out by wrapping it in plastic wrap or aluminum foil.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apply a second coat of paint;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">With most paint colors, and especially when using dark colors on a light-colored wall, we recommend two to three full coats.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us would like to eliminate the preparation phase and go straight to adorning the walls with the chosen colour, but it is a key step to achieve a good result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":477420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2589],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explore-techniques"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roomvo.50g.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}