Allow it at least 24 hours to dry.
How to paint vertical stripes on a wall.
Tape around the edges and fixtures on the wall first and then paint your base color.
When you re sure the wall is dry tape off your vertical stripes.
This makes sure you ll get a solid strip at the edges of the wall or ceiling.
Use a ruler or tape measure to make sure your lines are straight and equally spaced.
Try wide neutral colored horizontal stripes.
For vertical stripes measure the width of the wall and for horizontal stripes measure the height of the wall.
If using a level and pencil mark your stripe widths across the wall.
Prepare your walls with paint primer.
First by using tape if you want the perfect looking stripes and secondly without using a tape if you want to get not so perfect natural feel.
Go with vertical striped walls in simple black and white.
Gather your wall paint colors painter s tape a small paint roller and a few drop cloths.
Step 3 create your outline.
Want a tight space to feel spacious.
Mark a small x with a pencil and measure the width of another stripe from that mark continuing until you ve marked and marked the edges of each stripe.
Using a tape measure plot mark the wall with lines corresponding to the width of the stripes you wish to paint this will keep you from having to measure each stripe as you tape the wall.
Paint the entire wall the color you want the spaces between the stripes and allow the paint to dry.
Paint an odd number of stripes on your wall.
The process is easy and can be done in two ways.
Laying out and painting stripes on walls.
Here s how to go about it.
Painting vertical stripes on the wall is a two step process.
Painting your wall with unique vertical stripes can make your room look stunning.
Painting vertical stripes on walls isn t that difficult though it takes a bit of preparation to end up with straight even lines.