If you get overspray on glass, it’s much easier to remove. Acetone or a simple window scraper will clean off most spray build-up. If you have tinted windows, then removing bedliner overspray isn’t as straightforward. Chemicals or scrapers can damage windows that are tinted or plastic (li...
Drop Cloths:Essential for protecting floors and furniture from overspray. Painter’s Tape:Perfect for taping around windows, trim, and baseboards to keep those areas clean. Masking Film or Plastic Sheeting:Useful for covering large areas and pieces of furniture. ...
Avoid overspray by using auto glass cleaning wipes andkeep a package of glass cleaning wipesin your car for touch-ups, such as wiping off tree sap or bird droppings, cleaning fogged-up windows or wiping off sticky handprints. Top tip: It’s important to be careful of the water temperature ...
Before you start to clean, you need to know what type of finish your tub has. Most tub finishes are porcelain, enamel, acrylic or fiberglass. If the finish looks like plastic, it’s one of the latter two. If your tub is made from a more unusual material, such as stone or copper, ...
This step ensures a clean, professional-looking result without overspray or accidental paint application on unwanted surfaces. Techniques for Using Painter’s Tape and Plastic Sheeting Identify Areas to Protect: Before you start painting, identify all areas that should not be painted, such as windows...
Step 3: Clean the pipe. Photo: Tom Fenenga for Bob Vila Wearing rubber gloves, dampen a clean rag with acetone, and then wipe the surface of the PVC pipe. Allow to dry for 20 to 30 minutes. The acetone will remove all sanding dust while swelling the surface of the PVC to make it...
For the homeowner, there’s nothing simpler than using a foaming aerosol spray to clean your a-coil. In a nutshell, you spray and walk away. Then again, if your a-coil is really caked with dirt, you might first want to vacuum and such as previously described. Don’t overspray as you...
Holding the spray paint too close will lead to drips and holding it too far will lead to lots of overspray and wasted paint. Keep the spray paint moving As you are spray painting, it’s really important to keep the spray paint can moving and not pause too long in one spot. Holding th...
If there was paint that was still not loosened enough to come off, then we would go back and repeat steps 4, 5 and 6. Basically that’s how it is done. And since we had the borrowed pressure washer, we decided that it was high time to clean our front porch and steps. We ...
Move all furniture away from the walls. If you can't take it out of the room, move it all to the center of the room and cover it with a drop cloth while you cover the floor with more drop cloths. Open one or more windows for ventilation and close the doors to keep overspray out...