When interior painting, do you paint ceiling or walls 1st, and light or dark colors 1st?

Paint the ceiling first then the walls. It's a lot easier to paint the line between the wall and the ceiling with gravity on your side.





To paint the line, I dip the brush about a half inch into the paint, then wipe off one side of the brush. I put the brush near the line with the painted side of the brush against the wall. I flow the brush along with a thin line of paint flowing up the bristles, with just a few bristles actually near the line, getting within a sixteenth of an inch. Once I have the line, then I dip the brush again, and brush on a brush width of paint under the line, and then feather it out so that it doesn't show a paint ridge on the wall. Then I use a roller to first coat the wall. Then I cap the paint for a couple hours, then I second coat the wall. With the first coat in place, it makes it much easier to see the exact line where the ceiling meets the wall, and paint a perfect line





I have seen those machines which claim to paint a perfect line, and they don't. They usually end up about an eighth of an inch shy and not perfectly straight. There is no substitute for the human eye when finding that line.





Light tends to die in corners, so if you hit the line perfectly, you might not even be able to see the line.





As far as light or dark colors, it depends on the situation. Most dark colors will cover with two coats, light colors might require primer and two coats. Yellow is the worst covering color, so if you're painting yellow, just keep painting until it's covered.When interior painting, do you paint ceiling or walls 1st, and light or dark colors 1st?
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When interior painting, do you paint ceiling or walls 1st, and light or dark colors 1st?
Light first
When painting you should always start at your highest point wich in your case the ceiling. Its best to start with the light colorsthen go to the dark.
ceiling first....


not sure of the light or dark...


but i would do light then dark...
Ceiling first. A real time saver with painting is this awesome edge tool that has wheels. Instead of SLOWLY doing the edges on the baseboard and where the wall and ceiling meet you use this edge tool and run it along the wall, you get a perfect line without getting paint on areas you dont want. Be sure to ';cut in'; the corners with a paint brush first then paint with your roller.
ceiling first always start high and go low
You paint the ceiling first. Always start with the lighter color of paint first. If you start with the darker, the lighter color won't cover. Could take 2-3 coats.
ceiling first, walls next and then trim
you paint the ceiling first and light colours first
ceiling first colors next
ofcourse ceiling first and dark first