Painting tools and brushes care in interior designing and decoration

Brushes that are well cared for improve with use. Loose bristles are shed and the tips become nicely rounded. Start a brush on primer and undercoat, then use it for fine finishing as it ages. Useful brush sizes include an angled 1 .8cm fY.in) cutting-in brush and 1.2cm, 2.Scm, Scm, and 1 Ocm or 12.Scm f~in, 1 in, 2in, and 4in or Sin) brushes. Radiator brush A brush with an elong- ated metal handle that can be bent to allow you to paint behind radiators. Rollers Used with a paint tray, the roller offers an easy way of applying paint to large, flat areas without leaving defined brush strokes. It is best for applying water-based paints, which you can easily clean off the roller. When using solid emulsion paint, lift the roller direct from the container. Roller types include: Foam With easy-clean removable sleeve, but does not give the finest finish and wil tear when used on rough surfaces.

Mohair Very close pile on a hard roller, giving fine finish to smooth surfaces. Not suitable for textured surfaces. Shaggy pile Deep, floppy pile makes it suitable for textured surfaces. Can also be used to apply textured paint. Radiator roller A thin, deep-pile roller or a long wire handle to reach behind radi- ators and other awkward spots. Texturing roller Specialized roller used 1 produce a rag-rolled effect. Paint pads These pads of fine mohair pile stuck to a layer of foam bonded to a metal or plastic handle are light and easy to use. Sizes range from 2.Scm to lScm f1 in to 6in), some with a hollow handle to take the end of a broom for painting tops of walls or ceilings without steps.

Suitable for smoot! or textured surfaces, but not rough finishe Clean pads immediately after use, with water where water-based paints have beer used. A pad does give a very fine finish when gloss-painting flush doors. Note that proprietary cleaners can attack the adhes- ive holding the mohair to the foam. Left to right 11.Bcm f’!.in) cutting-in bristle brush 2 1.2cm f’h.in) bristle brtlsh 3 2.5cm f1 ill) synthetic no-loss brush 4 2.5cm f1 in) bristle brush 5 5cm f2in) synthetic no-loss brush 6 Emulsion brush 7 Paint pads 8 Paint pad with edging rollers at side 9 Foam roller 10 Textured roller for textured paint 11 Radiator roller 12 Paint tray 13 Roller with shaggy pile attachments 14 Mohair roller 15 Deep-pile roller Wallpapering tools o expensive or specialized tools are required for hanging wall and ceiling coverings. A pasting table makes it easier to apply paste to long lengths of wallpaper or other material, and make sure that the scissors or knife you use to cut the wallpaper to length is sharp.