I don't find that blue tape works all that well unless you have a very smooth finish and you are very careful to seal the tape well. A better choice is to buy a purpose-made paint edger. They are usually a paint pad with little wheels that guide the pad. Paint the ceiling first then use the pad along the top of the wall.
If you have textured ceilings, like I did, it is very hard to get a crisp line at the ceiling- wall line. A trick that I once heard that works well is to trick the eye by painting the ceiling color down the wall a couple of inches, then tape off a straight line on the wall an inch or so below the ceiling and paint the wall color to the tape. You drop the ceiling color onto the wall an inch or so and get that crisp line yet it is not really as noticeable as that wavy line.
Option 1: Get a good paint brush with a fine edge. Put a small amount of paint on first inch of brush and carefully run along the ceiling line.
Option 2: buy an edging tool. It looks like a big fat ruler with a sharp hard metal edge. Wipe it clean after each use. I.e., paint an area the length of the edger, wipe off, paint next area, wipe Clean, etc.
Either way, it's my least favorite part of painting. In fact, we now paint the walls & ceiling the same color. Because of shifting light, the ceiling looks white (or considerably lighter). This light is on a cloudy day It all looks the same which totally contradicts My point. Oh well. It looks different with every color.
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I don't find that blue tape works all that well unless you have a very smooth finish and you are very careful to seal the tape well. A better choice is to buy a purpose-made paint edger. They are usually a paint pad with little wheels that guide the pad. Paint the ceiling first then use the pad along the top of the wall.
If you have textured ceilings, like I did, it is very hard to get a crisp line at the ceiling- wall line. A trick that I once heard that works well is to trick the eye by painting the ceiling color down the wall a couple of inches, then tape off a straight line on the wall an inch or so below the ceiling and paint the wall color to the tape. You drop the ceiling color onto the wall an inch or so and get that crisp line yet it is not really as noticeable as that wavy line.
Use the blue painter's tape. It worked for me. Don't let it stay too long on the wall.
Use a wide scraper as a straightedge, but check back side occasionally to make sure no paint got there
There is an edging tool with a pad and little wheels on the edge, it works very well. Don't overload it with paint, and don't get paint on the wheels.
Paint the ceiling first.
Option 1: Get a good paint brush with a fine edge. Put a small amount of paint on first inch of brush and carefully run along the ceiling line.
Option 2: buy an edging tool. It looks like a big fat ruler with a sharp hard metal edge. Wipe it clean after each use. I.e., paint an area the length of the edger, wipe off, paint next area, wipe Clean, etc.
Either way, it's my least favorite part of painting. In fact, we now paint the walls & ceiling the same color. Because of shifting light, the ceiling looks white (or considerably lighter). This light is on a cloudy day It all looks the same which totally contradicts My point. Oh well. It looks different with every color.