![]() ![]() We never tape off ceilings as the paint will usually crawl behind the tape and you won't notice this until you peel it off, just load enough paint on the brush and cut a line.Do all your cutting in first,if it's a color change you'll need to do 2 coats.You'll need at least 2 different size extension poles,a larger one for the upper and a smaller for the lower walls.You're going to spend almost the same for the eqpt. The average 2 story foyer is 20' so you'll need either a 20' or 24' ladder depending on the angle you'll need to get over the stair rail.You'll never get over the stair rail and up the staircase with staging unless you use a retractable plank off the staging and run it to a ladder at the top of the stairs.You're going to waste more time setting all this up and breaking it down for what it's worth. The pros I had do my house used a very tall ladder - I wouldn't get up there though. The pros won't use tape between the wall and ceiling. It is very time consuming, but buying a couple hundred dollar ladder you may never use again or the hassle of putting up scaffolding likely would be a bigger pain and much more cost. I cut in with the tool then rolled the rest of the walls. There are the cheap-o square foam pads don't work very well, the one i have used has numerous tiny bristles on it and wheels on the top. ![]() I wonder if the "square pad" is the same "foam pad" that Tempest68 was speaking of. I argued with him for years about those pads, spraying, wagner spatter painter thingy, pump roller, on and on. Brush and roller is still the only way to do a decent paint job. One thing that i learned the hard way after being repeatedly told this be a professional painter friend. If the OP does not care about doing a decent job, this may be fine. THere is a reason that the pros do not use those things and the reason is not that they failed to discover them while shopping at Home Depot. I cannot think of something that I woudl less like to do than to attempt to do a decent job with one of those on a 12 to 16 foot pole. The tend to make run lines they move slowly and they are small. If you are talking about one of those fuzzy foam pads. With a roller on a 12 or 16 foot pole, this would be murder. If you are painting properly, you make one pass with the roller then dip it in the pan. With this method i've had great results and the lines were straight on the corners. I've done a few jobs like this and all you really need is an extension pole and a square painting tool with wheels on the top for the corners.
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