Hi Folks,
I have been reading on this forum to research my current painting projects. The information has been very helpful, and steared me away from getting poor quality paint. Anyway, I just encountered a problem that I'm not sure how to fix and I thought someone here might have an idea.
I just bought a house built in 1940, it has had some work done to it, so all I am really working on is painting it new colors (it had been painted flat white throughout), working on the landscape, and perhaps replacing windows. I bought Benjamin Moore Regal paint after reading here about the other choices I was considering, and painted two rooms a yellow color.
Everything went well until I was uncovering the windows after I painted. The blue painting tape I'd used (because I'm messy) pulled off a lot of the paint from the molding under the window. I thought it was original wood molding like the windows, but it turns out it is something synthetic. I'm not sure if it is vinyl or some other kind of plastic. It has a hard shiny light ugly color under the white paint.
Anyways, my questions are:
1. How can I paint this plastic--do I need to use some special paint or prep?
and
2. How long do I need to wait before I can tape on the newly painted walls to paint the moldings?
Any help would be appreciated!
I have been reading on this forum to research my current painting projects. The information has been very helpful, and steared me away from getting poor quality paint. Anyway, I just encountered a problem that I'm not sure how to fix and I thought someone here might have an idea.
I just bought a house built in 1940, it has had some work done to it, so all I am really working on is painting it new colors (it had been painted flat white throughout), working on the landscape, and perhaps replacing windows. I bought Benjamin Moore Regal paint after reading here about the other choices I was considering, and painted two rooms a yellow color.
Everything went well until I was uncovering the windows after I painted. The blue painting tape I'd used (because I'm messy) pulled off a lot of the paint from the molding under the window. I thought it was original wood molding like the windows, but it turns out it is something synthetic. I'm not sure if it is vinyl or some other kind of plastic. It has a hard shiny light ugly color under the white paint.
Anyways, my questions are:
1. How can I paint this plastic--do I need to use some special paint or prep?
and
2. How long do I need to wait before I can tape on the newly painted walls to paint the moldings?
Any help would be appreciated!