Actual painting is like 5% of the job. It’s mostly prep and making sure the surfaces are clean.

Couple things:

1.) how dark is the yellow? 2.) what color are you changing to? 3.) get off TikTok 😂

If the existing color isn’t too dark you may get away with a coat or two of a high-solid content paint, depending on the new color. I would recommend using a primer anyway though.

When it comes to the actual act of painting, you’ve probably seen best practices on that in your research. A good rule of thumb is to zig-zag to cover, then back roll for uniformity. The most important thing is to make sure the last stroke of the roller/brush be in the same direction across the room

When you're trying to paint a straight line, watch the tip of the paint brush (and the paint moving down it ) and not the surface you're trying to paint. Sounds so simple but it made a big difference to me.

Buy good quality brushes and rollers! Purdy is a good brand and well worth it!

Use frog tape to tape plastic down and edges. Remove light switch covers and outlet covers (tape over the moving parts and holes). Use and edging tool first and multiple thin coats are better than fewer thick coats.

Get sample colors and paint small sections on the walls. Watch for 24 hours to see the color in all lights. If the horrible color bleeds through, do a layer of primer first, or get a paint with primer built in. Use a high quality roller and remove lint by wrapping masking tape sticky side down around it.

When you are painting, be barefoot (easier to know you stepped in something)

Yellow paint or nicotine?

If it's smoke residue, you'll have to clean it off, or hire a professional company that can. Otherwise it will just bleed through the new paint.

I'm no pro, but I've painted a decent amount of shit now. First I paint my walls, then i took a paint stir stick and hold it against the ceiling, draw a line every few feet. Then I tape up to that line, so it should leave a ¼" line between the tape and the ceiling. Then paint your ceiling and it will make a nice straight white line on the wall. But this way if your ceiling is wavy or off in any way, it doesn't show, it makes your ceiling look straight.

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