Create a straight transition line on a rounded corner.
Rounded wall corners are common in new construction houses. During construction, the drywall contractor uses a special rounded form, fitted on top of the rough drywall panel edges, that will form a smooth curve when taped out. While rounded corners soften the transition from one room to the next on open doorways, they present a dilemma for homeowners who want to paint the connecting room a different color.
Instructions
Creating a Division Line
1. Select the room that will serve as your main room when a creating paint division line. For example, if your kitchen has a small attached breakfast nook, the nook is the secondary room and the kitchen (because it has more traffic) will serve as the main room.
2. Locate the rounded wall corner just inside the secondary room, and insert a push pin at the top of the corner just as the corner flattens out. Stick another push pin in the bottom of the wall at the same place.
3. Tie a string between the two push pins and use a carpenter's level to ensure that the string is perfectly straight. Adjust the pins if needed.
4. Apply a strip of painter's tape along the string line. Remove the pins and the string before painting, but leave the tape in place.
5. Apply painter's tape to the ceiling and on wood trim to protect these areas from stray paint.
Painting the Walls
6. Paint the secondary room first and paint the main room later.
7. Roll one coat of primer and two coats of wall paint on the walls with a medium-nap roller. Roll to within a couple of inches of the ceiling, door trim and the baseboard. Roll right up to the painter's tape that forms the paint division line, but do not roll over the tape.
8. Use a high-quality paintbrush to apply a thin coat of paint along the painter's tape edge. Wipe excess paint from your brush before painting along the tape to avoid pushing paint under the tape.
9. Cut in along the taped ceiling and baseboard with the paintbrush, using light, even strokes. Let the paint dry completely between coats.
Repositioning the Tape
10. Hold a straight edge along the edge of the tape and score the wall very lightly, just enough to cut the surface of the dried paint. If you pull the tape off without scoring the paint, you could pull off bits of the new paint.
11. Attach another piece of painter's tape directly over the line created when you removed the first tape.
12. Paint the main room the same way you painted the secondary room. When you come to the rounded corners, use your roller to roll on a light coating of paint, but don't use pressure to avoid getting paint beneath the tape.
13. Remove the tape as you did before, and you'll have a straight transition line that won't be seen from your main room.
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