How to Paint a Mobile Home Interior

Preparing the Mobile Home for Painting

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  Move all furniture to the center of each room in the home.

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  Cover the furniture with painter's plastic all the way to the floor. Tape the edge down.

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  Fill all holes with putty using a putty knife. Sand with 120-grit sandpaper when dry. Remove sandpaper dust with a tack cloth.

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  Spot prime all hole repairs with primer paint and a paintbrush. Spot prime all water stains.

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  Caulk all open seams, cracks and open joints.

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  Remove all of the doors from their casings by removing the screws from the hinges. Place the doors outside.

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  Mask off all of the windows in the house with masking tape and painter's plastic. Apply the tape around the frame of the window, leaving the inner-edge loose. Tuck the plastic beneath this tape and then press them together to seal off the window.

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  Mask off the kitchen counters, appliances, drawers and cupboards. Pull the appliances out of their designated positions and cover them with painter's plastic. Wrap a piece of tape around the base of the appliance to keep the plastic in place. Run tape along the edge of the cupboards where they meet with the ceiling, leaving the inner edge loose and. Insert painter's plastic beneath this edge to seal off the cupboards. Do the same for the drawers, countertops and sink.

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  Mask off the toilet, shower, mirrors, and sink in the bathroom. Mask off any cupboards you don't plan to paint. Run tape around the edges of everything and then insert painter's plastic beneath the tape to seal off the item. Cover everything you don't want to get paint on.

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  Mask off all light fixtures and hardware you can't remove from the ceilings or walls.

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  Remove all electrical plug and light switch plates using a flat-head or hex-head screwdriver.

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  Mask off all smoke detectors, thermostat control boxes, fuse box doors, heating and air-conditioning vents and curtain or window blind hangers.

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  Run masking tape along the edges of the floor where they meet with the walls in every room in the house. Leave the edge of the tape facing the floor loose. Tuck painter's plastic beneath the loose edges of the tape and mask off each floor in each room with this plastic.

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  Throw down painters drop cloths wherever tape and plastic won't work.

Setting Up the Paint Sprayer

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  Set the sprayer up in the room of the house you will be painting last.

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  Submerge the suction tube into the paint bucket and put the drain hose into a waste bucket.

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  Set the Prime/Spray switch to the "Prime" position. Wait until you see paint come out of the drain tube and then switch the Prime/Spray switch to the "Spray" position.

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  Hold the spray gun over the waste bucket and pull the trigger. Wait until you see paint coming out of the spray nozzle of the gun before releasing the trigger. The sprayer is now ready for painting the house. The rental store will have the paint sprayer fully assembled if you rent it.

Painting the Interior

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  Put on a respirator, eye goggles, painter's clothes and a painter's hood.

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  Carry the spray gun and hose to the last room in the house.

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  Spray the ceiling from side-to-side. Hold the gun 12 to 18 inches away from the surface while spraying.

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  Back-roll the painted ceiling using a 1/2-inch nap on a 9-inch roller frame to even out the paint. Attach an extension pole to the roller to roll the hard-to-reach areas. Roll in even back-and-forth motions.

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  Paint the walls from side-to-side until reaching the floor. Back-roll the walls just like you did on the ceiling.

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  Repeat this process until you've painted every surface in the house. Inspect the walls and ceilings after painting is complete for running or dripping paint. Fix these runs by rolling them out with the roller or brushing them out with the paintbrush.

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  Remove all of the masking tape and plastic one hour after painting.