Caulking Gives A Perfect Line Between 2 Colors Of Paint
A nice finishing touch in a room is the paint. A big complaint that I hear from do-it-yourselfers is that when they are painting the wall one color and the baseboard a different color, the paint line between them is poor. You've probably seen them...due to the texture on the wall and the roughness of the baseboard, the paint is not very crisp.
What we want is a perfect line between the baseboard and the wall. This is easy to do with a thin bead of caulking and some tape. Use a tube of paintable caulking loaded in a caulking gun and squeeze a consistent bead of caulking along the top edge of the baseboard. The smaller the bead the better, as you don't want a big glob of caulking to paint. Take your finger and, starting in a corner, smooth the bead out along the entire perimeter of the room. If you lift your finger mid-baseboard, the paint will show it, so make one long continuous sweep. When you are done smoothing, let it completely dry.
Getting a perfect line between 2 colors of paint requires that you first paint one surface, let it dry, then paint the other. Which ever you choose to do first, paint beyond where you want the line to fall. For example, if you paint the baseboard first, paint a little of the wall too. Then, use blue painters tape, and in one continuous piece, cover the area you do not want to get the second color of paint on. The edge of the tape must fall on the caulking, so that both colors end up on the caulking. This is crucial because the smooth caulking will allow you to pull the tape and leave a perfect line.