Painting Ceiling Around Recessed Lights

Using a 1 angled brush.

Painting ceiling around recessed lights. Weve added recessed led lighting around the house and im trying to figure out if our contractor patched to procedure. Turn off the breaker to the lighting circuit you will be connecting the new lights to. When your done just push them back gently. Hold the plastic bag in place with a twist tie at the top around the chain.

If the can comes down with little resistance or force pulling it back to the ceiling you have the tension wire kind. Proper method of patchingpainting around recessed lights. Smooth the tape with your fingers to ensure the tape is completely sealed. Remove bulb and pull down the recessed can from the ceiling.

If thats the case you can pull them down a few inches till the wire length runs out and leave them there. Here are the basic step by step instructions. How to install recessed lights before or after painting. Remove the light bulb and trim from your ceiling set up a plastic drop cloth outside or in your garage place the trim on the drop cloth and spray the paint evenly to cover let dry thirty minutes and repeat as needed.

As an extra safety measure you may want to. We have a plaster ceiling therefore the cut was not smooth and on some there were very large jagged gaps around the lights. Makes it easier to paint around them without taking them all the way out. Apply two coats of latex paint on the ceiling.

Remove plastic bag from light fixture. Secure plastic bag around light fixture. 6 load your brush and. Secure painters tape around the edge of the fixtures base where it is attached to the ceiling.

Latex paint dries in four hours so you should be. Watch this video to find out more. Make the cutouts in the ceiling.