9 if you are getting rid of the carpet you can cut a 2 gap around the edge of the carpet so you can paint right down to the bottom of the skirting board.
Do you need skirting boards with carpet.
8 once you have masked up you can then paint the skirting boards without getting paint onto your carpet or hard flooring.
A nice simple tool to use for undercoating and glossing skirting board without messing the carpet up.
5 x research source then place the masking tape along where the skirting board meets the floor leaving a slight lip about 1 2 cm 0 20 in that is pressed.
You should have the angled edge facing the skirting board and leaving a gap of roughly 7mm between the skirting boards and the gripper to accommodate for the carpet.
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The ceiling was the difficult bit with it s plaster swirls.
Paint the skirting boards once you have the masking tape down you can safely paint around the room avoiding any paint reaching the carpet for the best finish possible.
Even in italy spiritual home of minimalists and marble floors they have skirting board and they call it battiscopa roughly translates as where the broom hits.
On any lengths of the gripper that you will be glueing down remove the pins and secure them to the floor.
This also prevents you from dragging carpet fluff into your paint.
Leave the masking tape down if re applying a coat if you notice that you are going to need multiple coats that s usually the case to get the best finish possible.