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#ONE COLOR WALLS WITH CHAIR RAIL HOW TO#
#ONE COLOR WALLS WITH CHAIR RAIL PATCH#
#ONE COLOR WALLS WITH CHAIR RAIL FULL#

You can use higher if you want, but as I’ve said already I was trying to test out something new and didn’t want things overly smooth and perfect this time, so I went with the 120 grit sandpaper. If your walls are smooth like mine, you will want to use a 120 grit sandpaper.

#ONE COLOR WALLS WITH CHAIR RAIL PATCH#

You are going to need to sand because the patch and paint needs to be smoothed down.

I say I did the lazy quick but sort of decent job. I also knew I would likely still be able to see some of the lines where the chair rail had been and so just didn’t spend hours trying to perfect things. I was just trying to fill in the holes and obvious places where I knew I would be able to tell there had been chair rail. I wasn’t trying to go for perfect this time. I filled in holes and loosely filled in the space where the chair rail had been.

In the past, I have tried just filling in holes and doing a minimum to filling the whole area in where the chair rail had been and sanding it perfectly smooth. Use your patch and paint to fill these in. You may also have some larger areas where things came down with the chair rail. You are going to have nail holes when you remove your chair rail. This post is only going to tackle the steps after the chair rail is removed.

is helpful, but don’t listen to the painting advice, because I’ve got better advice for you today.

#ONE COLOR WALLS WITH CHAIR RAIL HOW TO#

At any rate, some of that info about how to patch and fill, etc. You can read the second post if you want to understand the agony of the first time we tried this process. The first post goes through how to take it down and the second post goes over what to do after that.

1/4″ Nap Roller (or greater if your walls are not smooth)įirst up, if you need to remove your chair rail, you can find the directions on how to do that in that post.

1/2″ Nap Roller (or greater if your walls are not smooth).

The handle makes it easier to do a good and quick job.

Sanding Block – I recently discovered this one and really like that I can cut and add any sandpaper to it.

Putty knife – you will want one that is 4 -6″ wide.

There is less shrinking and therefore less need for 2nd layers It is a little bit more expensive, but I like the results.

Patch and Paint – This is the one I’ve used on my last two projects.

How to Paint After Removing Chair Rail Supplies: I decided to give a new technique a try after removing the chair rail, and I’m happy with the result, so I wanted to share with you and help more of you achieve better results painting after removing chair rail.

#ONE COLOR WALLS WITH CHAIR RAIL FULL#

We got interrupted so I didn’t get the full details, but it was enough for me to ponder that thought. While she was giving me a bid, she was telling me that painting after removing chair rail is all about texture. I was contemplating hiring the same painter to come to paint my 2 story stairwell because I’m not sure how to do it. I mean even filling in a nail hole, you can see where the patch and paint was. That means any little blemish is going to show. To compound the issue for me, in the area in which we live, they leave the walls smooth. Yet, I really dislike the chair rail for my style, and I want it gone. If you have chair rail in your house and want to remove it, it is a relatively simple process, but then what? Usually, you have some damage to the walls as well as visible lines showing that the chair rail was there. After showing you how to paint trim, I wanted to show you something else I tried on the same hallway project… how to paint after removing chair rail.