How To Paint Baseboards Over Carpet
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- Everything you need to know about painting baseboards over carpet!
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Great tips for DIY homeowners. As a professional painter I can cut a straight line left and right handed. Taping for me is a waste of time. For baseboards on carpet, wood, vinyl, etc I use 12" drywall mud knive as a shield. Brush not too wet. The only thing I tape off is door hinges/plates. Now, for my big secret. For top of baseboads, sinks, door frames etc. Run a thin bead of matching caulk at seam and wipe with a sponge. Time is money on a firm bid.
I personally like to paint my carpets. Really freshens them up and acts like a moisture barrier. Just a little secret I've learned after 32 years in the industry 👍
LOL, you have put me in the best of moods, thank you.
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@@gordondawson8576 Anytime haha
Genius
Damn it I was gonna make that comment
I've never tried painting baseboards myself, knowing I would make a mess. I've seen the results of doing it badly too many times. Now I think I have the confidence to try it. Thanks a lot.
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Go for it, Pete. Use these tips and you will get great results. You got this, buddy!
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As a professional painter and decorator,we use this method for the base.....but we cut in on the bottom,the tape is to catch any splatters.....buy a stiff brush for cutting in.....I would recommend a purdy brush as they are as accurate as a pencil
Love your channel. Wife and I just moved into a new house that requires more TLC then we realized and have taken so many great tips from your videos. Thank you!
Thanks Chris, and best wishes with the house!
Love your videos...you pay attention to every struggle that a job or project has. Wish I had you as a teacher in school!!
I use the aluminum blades from an old fashioned venetian blinds, put the blue tape on the blind strip and push under the baseboard, paint, remove after 10 minutes and reuse.
The old fashioned aluminum blinds that have wide blades are hard to find, so the next time someone is renovating and you see that they have thrown them away, pick up and add them to your painting kit
Genius move.
Damn, I have some too. That IS genius.
I have been a professional painter for 36 years and also use wide aluminum Venetian blind strips. I always have a damp rag on the hammer loop of my painter’s pants and wipe the blade as often as needed.
@@gerryplante2651 thanks for the tip! 👍
This was so helpful!! Thank you!
Excellent video and well timed (for me). We have two carpeted rooms that need new paint. (The baseboard repair video has turned me into a woodFill and sand addict.)
Lol:) Thanks for watching and best wishes on the paint project!
Been trying to figure out how to do this for several years. Now I can do it. Thanks for your great help!
Brilliant! Just the video I was looking for.
Loved your frog tape hack! Thanks so much!
WHAT!!! You don’t like the feel of crunchy carpet from dried up paint!! Another great video my friend. 👍
It’s heavily frowned upon around my house😂cheers Chris🍻
Loved the video bud! Some grate tips as always! Have a great weekend!🍻
Best video ever on this subject! Thanks.
Excellent video. Very helpful. Thank You!
I use packing tape (in a dispenser), It's so cheap and the brush just glides along the surface and it pulls up easy.
Thanks so much for this video! I am about to take my first stab at painting trim and am so nervous! This helped so much!
Wow, I have never seen this, but now I know...Thanks for this brilliant lesson!
I would also recommend a first coat that is super thin at the paint edges. That will better seal the tape so no spluges leak through. You make good videos!
Good tip
I never have had to give 2 coats
@@GoldVP... I don't even have two coats.
Thanks for the info regular guy
Maybe 1 coat followed by a smoking jacket
great as always, thanks for sharing👍👌👏💙
Great method on taking the tape off above the molding.
Cheers Tommy, thanks for watching
Super nice vid and no fluff. Appreciate the knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed!
Looks like a great method. Thank you.
You are welcome! Thanks for watching
I've been painting for years and use tape whenever I can , reason is that it saves loads of time and you also can use a full coat. The only thing to watch is that the wall paint/paper doesn't come away with the tape. Yellow Frog is quite tenacious I tend to use Purple Masq in UK.
beautiful video. Thanks
Awesome video! And timely - a friend was just asking me about how to paint baseboards when you have carpet, but I've never had carpet!
Also, FYI, pointing to the caulking video is actually the recent lightbulb video.
Ahh thank u.
Thanks for your video.
This is a great video!!!
Good stuff. Never heard of floetrol before.
Great tips
Wow. Great idea.
🍻cheers and thanks for watching
Thank you 🙏 great 👍 💡 idea 💡 easy way too 😄
Nice. Thanks.
Dude that razor blade hack is a good idea! Thanks.
No way. That's my job for tomorrow. I was just thinking what should I use to separate a carpet from a base boards and here is your vid appeared in my subscribed channels. Thanks for advise 👌
Best of luck on the job🍻
This is brilliant. I now need to redo my white trim on green carpet. I just have a decent gap of old trim showing because it beat paint on the carpet…!
I did this at my old house with my vinyl flooring downstairs and carpet upstairs. Except instead of tape, it was plastic drop cloth. Covered the entire floor with it and then put canvas drop cloth over it. Now this wasn't an excuse to be messy, but definitely protected the floor. Areas that I did get messy, I wiped away the paint so when I removed everything, it wouldn't tear.
Unfortunately at my new house, carpet does not go under baseboard cuz they carpeted over wood floors.. baseboard is original...so I use a trim protector , go straight down along baseboard and push back carpet, holding that with one hand and painting with the other. Then I wipe off the tool between each pass. I try to avoid using painters tape as much as I can, but this waymay be easier.
Very good.
Thank You!
Thanks!
Bravo!!!
I’ve seen cut rate contractors paint right on the carpet. Good tip on the painters tape.
I use aluminum flashing. Good stuff 👉💥💯
My friends...spend $10 and buy 2 packs of carpet shields from the Depot. 2 packs will cover 36 linear feet (roughly) and they are quick and reusable. They tuck easily between carpet and baseboard very easily. I have had 3 packs for 10plus years and have cut a few short pieces for door jambs etc. I paint ALOT and these are life savers! My 2 cents :)
I've got a deck of steel window blind fins for this. I usually forget to grab them as I'm loading for the job, so I'll try to recall that bottom tape setting method.
You can use plastic and stick it under trim really quick with a putty knife
Thanks for the info 👍
I'm in the middle of face-lifting some bedrooms. The real challenge has been adjusting bad door🚪 installs.
That can be rough! Best of luck
Nice
I paint base without tape but I’m an experienced painter. Took me over a year to learn how to back cut the lower part first dry then cut a straight line on top wet then flush it out.
Great video
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Your tip about running a utility knife on the edge of tape is pure GENIUS.
Dunno why i found this out now (a full 2 years after finishing painting my whole house).
Cheers from Australia!
Thanks
Tape works good but a faster secondary method is to use a wide mud knife (like 10 or 12in) and slide it under the baseboard then push the handle down and paint the base, it holds the carpet down making it impossible to get paint on it, then simply slide it along under the base as you paint. People always wonder how I get no paint whatsoever on their carpet and then I show them the trick with the mud knife and they are amazed.
LOVE the thumbnail
I've always just used a 12" trowel as a shield
Do find the carpet gets wet paint on it after the shield moves on?
@@TheFunnyCarpenter sometimes if I'm heavy handed with the paint but not normally. If it does start to build up a little i always have a wet sponge when i plaster/calk/paint to wipe
Your solution is fine, if the baseboards were installed "after" the carpet was installed. My baseboards were installed "before" the carpeting was.
My solution, to stop painting the carpet, was easier. I went to the local home improvement store and bought 6 blank pieces of plastic for signs. These are about 18-inches long, by 12-inches wide. Total cost about $25.
After taping the wall, above the baseboard. Using my 5 in one putty knife, starting at one end of the wall, I tuck the first sheet, lengthwise, between the baseboard and the carpet. The end of the second sheet overlaps, the first, at least an inch. I continue until they're all installed.
Now, the good thing is these sheets are flexible enough that they lay over, onto my drop cloth and bend the carpet fibers away from the baseboard. I can now start painting.
Using latex paint, it only takes a few minutes to paint, only a few minutes more for the surface of the paint to dry enough to remove the plastic.
I get a nice sharp paint line, only on the baseboard.
For your application they will also work.
Good thing is you can reuse the sheets and installation is faster than taping.
Legend
good tucking key ,
I take a putty knife to push down the carpet around the trim a little and to use as a shield and then just cut in free hand with either a brush or even an edger with wheels works and just ride it along with the putty knife. That works really well and is really fast and clean. Just doesn't work with thicker, nylon carpets in which case it's best to use carpet shields that you can get at any big box store.
It takes too much extra time to tape and you still get bleed through if you're not careful.
You can use a trowel, but your way is the cleanest, stress less way to do it. Thanks for sharing!
I always resisted taping off the baseboards because most painters will laugh at the idea…but damn it’s so much more enjoyable and quicker for me!
I use the plastic blind like things they sell in paint stores. Then push down on them before I pull them out to break the paint seal. Then run a very sharp knife along the bottom at an angle to get rid of the little paint bump it can leave behind where it stuck.
good hack on the frogs tape
Mantaaapppp👍👍👍guys
I really love the colour of the wall and the skirt/base board... what are those colours... I have been trying desperately to get mine right?
I'm try the tape trick for my Baseboards. I use a 24 inch paint shield which helps when painting stuff like baseboards and ceilings. It helps so you don't have to use tape.
As a painting contractor I paint all my trim first. We mask the whole house, prep/spray trim. Mask trim, spray and backroll walls. Then mask walls to paint ceilings.
As for carpet, we roll the tape under the base as best as possible just by pushing down with a 2 or 3 fingers pushing down semi hard.
I take a straight long thin board 1/8” at least 6 inches wide and at least 3 feet long and put the edge flush on the trim at the top slide it down towards/on top of the carpet as you slide it down the board will go from being angled up toward you to flat on the carpet and it creates a nice seal and hold back carpet fibers for painting you can also use a paint spray shield does the same thing
Long nice flowing brush strokes... LOL you totally reminded me of Bob Ross here q
😂ya that was very Bob Ross
Great video, thank you. You sound a bit like Bob Ross at 4.19 - 4.29 Nice and relaxing
Awesome, I personally would not use blue tape on the carpet, I'll bust out masking gun with 1 1/2" painter's tape, run tape/paper around the room and also push it underneath the baseboard. Then run drop closet underneath the paper but make sure your drop cloth has a plastic protector underneath it. That's just me, Your video is awesome .
Any advice for where the base board is installed before the carpet? Also, love the frogs tape idea, that is brilliant and I’ll be using it!
Tape the carpet as best you can, then use a wide putty knife (preferably plastic) as a paint guide. You’ll have to keep a rag and wipe the blade every time you pull it up. If you can free hand it then you just need the knife to push the carpet.
I usually get some metal and slip underneath baseboards as i paint then keep moving it along
Don't use too much paint
A 2 ft aluminum edging tool works good too you can pick those up at any hardware store
Great video. What’s in Floetrol? Wonder if there’s a UK equivalent.
It’s basically a paint extender- water can work the same but is a little more prone to giving you a streaky coat.
2:32 What a great idea!
Flat cardboard or plastic works great.
I used so much floetral in my 20’s. Maybe that’s why they sell it al lowes, makes valspar workable.
Now why didn’t I think of that? so simple, shoot I’ve been taking the carpet up😮😜
I've used painter's tape. Also a very thin pc of melamine works well... just tuck it underneath.
This is a sure way to get blue tape welded to the baseboard with the paint. Practice cutting lines. Get good with a brush and you won't need tape at all. Ever. Tape is actually for the roller- prevents sprinkles from falling on your trim.
Nah
Yeah. No painter worth his salt does this. Time and more importantly money wasted on taping.
@@chrisgriffith1573 I'm fairly certain this video is not directed to the professional, but to the DIYer.
If I may suggest a similar tip- when I'm installing baseboard over vinyl or wood floors, I place a #4 finish nail on floor and then push new baseboard onto the nail. It leaves such a tiny gap that it isn't noticeable to the eye, but the gap is great later "on down the road" when it's time to paint baseboard. A newspaper or thin dropcloth fits right under to protect floor.
First painting and caulking video I've mostly agreed with! I will leave this one alone...haha.
Video thumbnail cracked me up! Yup, just go for it! =)
Thanks for watching 🍻
Found that out myself varnishing baseboards in the house. Works fine but make sure all Is before removing tape
A 14" drywall knife slid under the baseboard works great and much faster. A folded drop cloth or cardboard square works as a platform, keep a towel handy to clean knife now and then
do you use the flotrol for walls too or just trim?
My kitchen baseboards are also old cracked,can one also use that material
Your videos are awesome and very much helpful ❤
Assuming you have hard kitchen floors, blue tape will work fine.
Something similar I would like to know if possible.
10 years ago I repainted some rooms and when it came to door frames and architraves, I tried the tape method to define and delineate edges between the two. Apart from the bleed under the tape, which maybe due to the type I used, the main problem I couldn't resolve was after painting over the tape along the wall up to the edge of the architrave and then removing it. Do it too late and the paint has skinned and semi dried so pulling it off you run the risk of tearing out chunks and sections of the paint on the architrave. That also applies the other way around. Do it too soon when the paint isn't sufficiently dry has other problems.
I didn't know how to get around those problems with tape and my ultimate solution was to either get a very good small brush and _very_ carefully paint the lines running along the other piece, whether it was the architrave or the wall.
Another, was to get a stiff piece of metal, flashing or some other thin yet stiff flat piece, even a square trowel that you can press into the corner, paint, then move along and repeat. Reusable and easily cleaned. But it is labor intensive and I would rather use tape which I can just peel and throw away when finished.
Any thoughts with the 'when to pull off' dilemma?
You paint the woodwork last do the walls first then use a very low tac tape on the walls up to the Architrave then run a small thin Cork on the tape where its up against the Architrave thats yiir seal to stop it leaking under the tape .leave the Cork to dry 30 mins then paint your Architrave then peel of your tape after 30 mins don't leave the tape on too long then repeat again for the next coat .
@@justinparkman3585 Thanks for that. I must give that a try. I think that was part of my problem, that while I thought it wasn't, I did leave the tape on too long until the paint dried entirely and, naturally, the dried paint that was on the tape would pull up part of the paint.
cheers
Putting flooring in tomorrow …wish me luck! Or better yet, come by for a laugh and a beer!
Great vid as usual. I've used frog tape before to make some line designs in my sons' rooms, but always ended up with paint bleeding through the edge of the tape. Is there a trick to use frog tape?
Paint over the tape with the main wall colour to seal it first, then over that with the new colour
Also I’d make sure it was pressed on firmly.
I use a long wallpaper blade and slide as I go, wiping as needed. No tape, way faster.
What type of paint you use for baseboard? Latex, oil, etc.?
dang, this video is about a month late for me LOL. If you're installing new baseboards, do you recommend 2 brush coats prior to install, and then just touch up the nail holes after? Or would you tape up and do a full final coat?
Depends on the paint and the profile of the baseboard- if the nail holes will touch up nicely that’s definitely the easier route to go
Can I recommend a smaller brush 🤔.
I use poster board or heavy construction paper, no potential sticky residue once painted I pull them out partially so it doesn’t adhere to the paint, allow the paint to dry to the touch, then pull the poster board out the rest of the way.
Is it always best to remove the tape after it’s dried or does it depend on what your taping up?
Ya if it’s easy enough and there’s no pooling you can remove it when the paint is wet.
@@TheFunnyCarpenter thanks for the help 👍
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Do you have a video on cutting in between the top of a wall and the ceiling? I am terrible at doing it free hand. My hand just gets too shakey. My paint line never seems to be perfectly straight. Thanks
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/NlFMRdQDbVs/w-d-xo.html
Thanks amigo!
My pro painter friend always uses the brown tape on the carpet because it has stronger adhesive and sticks more effectively to the carpet...
Most carpets I've found allow your finger tip to run the tape underneath trim, because most installations the trim isn't pressed down onto carpet hard.
Like # 80
That’s always nice when that’s the case!
@@TheFunnyCarpenter only once I've had to actually create that lip, but we're talking maybe a 2mm lip of tape on the trim (very tight carpet).
I do implore folks to change their trim, especially in bathrooms, because of mold factor, pending length that trim has been on. Yesterday is a great example, they wanted the same trim used, so that means removing the irritating silicone on overblown bathroom trim ( 3 bathrooms I'm doing currently in one home) and after I spent the time just on cleaning the 1st bathroom, I went and bought all new baseboard trim, at less cost to cut and install, instead of cleaning the moldy old stuff.
Love my job, but folks...saving money truly is harder on us, and in the end it's your pocketbook.
Another huge point is make sure that installer has good experience, because I redo a lot of horrible quick uncaring applications. Some guy bradnailed a cold water line, and it slowly leaked for 15yrs...till I pulled that baseboard, then it was a scramble from hell to find water shutoff. Needless to say, the 4 inch square patch wasn't a hard think. Watch where you're placing your brads.
I started these gigs at 17, I'm very close to 50 now.
Want me to start on proper caulking!
I know The Funny Carpenter has a great video on this,
but I'll make it once more...
# 1- Small tip cut!
# 2- Clean edge
# 3- Wet cloth
# 4- SMALL 6" SLIDES....less travel up the wall line.
Watched a guy 2 weeks ago, after I asked him if he knew how to caulk....yup he said...
In the first 4ft from the bottom of door trim, along baseboard, his caulking built up almost 3/4" along the wall.
I screamed STOP...
Ran to my truck, grabbed my tubes, rags and dap❤️🇨🇦🍻...and returned, and started a new fresh line from the other end of that baseboard, and layed a bead about 1/8-1/16" and made sure he watched.
He did the rest of one wall, and now my job...I'm the foreman lmao.
Cheers🍻🍻
To doing it right!!
Always run a sharp blade on the bottom, right under the bottom of baseboard, and kinda cut tape downwards
@@TheFunnyCarpenter wish I could share my pics/videos