How do you paint skirting boards without getting paint on the carpet?

I want to paint the skirting boards, without taking up the carpet, but I also want to paint past the pile of the carpet . Is this possible??How do you paint skirting boards without getting paint on the carpet?
You go down to Homebase/B%26amp;Q or wherever, and buy a skirting board painting device helper!





Basically its a curved plastic thingy, that you slot in between the carpet and the skirting board. You slide it along as you finish each section.





Much more effective than masking tape and it only costs a couple of quid.





Good Luck!How do you paint skirting boards without getting paint on the carpet?
You can put some paper on the floor or some sands on the paper. Or you can buy some good quality skirting boards at very reasonable price at skirtingboards.com

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get some one else to paint it, then they;ve painted the carpet not you!
Masking tape would be your best bet.
Get a painter/decorator to do it, then if he gets it on the carpets, Sue him for the damages. Then buy a newer carpet with the compensation money.
Put down newspaper on the ground, I hope that does the trick!
agree with SLY duct (duck) tape and cloth and or cheap shower curtain from dollar store just encase





Duct tape isnt that wide so extra protection
Just lift it up at the edges?
Place a strip of masking tape on the carpet, tucked right up to the base. Paint carefully with a good quality brush. (Your eyes should track the paint stroke by watching the trailing bristle on a brush, which should be held at a slight angle) If the carpet is thick, use a painter鈥檚 shield, or a wide drywall taping knife to depress the carpet in the area you are paining.
use a strong masking tape and dust sheets to protect the carpets ....and paint carefully
Get a piece of 3mm mdf (maybe 6'; X 18'; ) use that as a shield. ( go to homebase, they have a boardcutting service and lots of offcuts ...smile and they are free) Wipe the board each time you use it, use a water based gloss paint... then if you have an accident....
You can get a piece of cardboard and slide it along the bottom of the board. It works pretty well.
Place masking tape or broad sellotape on carpet edges before you begin, and remove carefully when finished, one edge at a time.
One way is to take the carpet up the other is to get a roll of 2'; masking tape and tape the edges of the carpet all around
put masking tape all round the carpet on the edges....works well cos im a messy painter and when ive finished, i dont end up with a carpet the same colouor as my walls!!