Interior painting tips Interior painting tips Painting walls is a chore, and one that you will want to get right the first time around. Failure to paint the wall properly will cause the colors bleeding, running and you will have to add many coats of paint to cover these mistakes. Place drop cloths on the area around where you are painting. Some paints say they wash up with soap and water, and the paint still is hard to remove. Purchase paint brushes for oil paints or latex, depending on which paint you are using.
Same thing goes for the paint roller.
It should have a medium nap. If preferred, you can use a paint sprayer and can purchase one at your local hardware center or home improvement center. You can paint oil based paints over latex, but you can't paint latex based paints over oil based paints without first prepping the walls. You can buy an etching solution or use a primer to seal in the oil paint. After you have primed the wall, you can begin painting.