Bullnose is basically a common term used in the field of home improvement. It is used to indicate outward turned (convex) and inward turned (concave) shaped pieces of tiles and trims. We have seen, known, and used bullnose corners in our households and even in historical monuments. There are three basic uses of bullnose tiles, corners and trims. They are used for increasing durability, safety and artistic or aesthetic value of that part of the home decor. As we know, sharp edges of walls or other furniture articles can damage your body, your clothing as well as texture of other home furniture articles that it comes in contact with. Since, bullnose corners are soft, they are largely used in place of sharp edges of walls, countertops, tables and other frequently used surfaces. Due to their curved structure, these corners are hard to cover in the interior painting jobs.
Installing Bullnose Corners
When it comes to furniture articles, you can actually buy furniture that is available with bullnose. If you want to install bullnose corners on the walls and the furniture, on your own, then first of all you need to understand the various types of corners that are available. These types are basically determined on the basis of angle in which these corners are cut. Some common drywall corners that are available include, outside 90 degree, inside 90 degree, inch bullnose, inch bullnose, inch L trim, 135 degree inch bullnose, inch bullnose, etc. As you can see, these types of corners are available in precut form and some of them also don't require any sort of masking during installation procedure. Since they are made of drywall, they are durable and can easily withstand peeling, cracking and chipping that occurs with time.
There are a few techniques that are used for installation of corners. Some popular ones are: dry fitting technique, spray adhesive technique, mud setting technique and stapling technique. As the names suggest, all these techniques are quite easy to understand and practice as well. The tools for installing bullnose corner, vary according to the method of installation that you select. For instance, if you are using dry fitting, then you will need corner beads and a pair of heavy duty scissors. If you are using the mud setting technique, then you will need corner beads, a taping knife and a compound solution to stick the corners. If you are using the stapling technique, then you will need corner beads and staple gun and a spray adhesive. Amongst all these techniques, the stapling technique is found to be easiest and durable.
Painting Bullnose Corners
If you can't get your hands of installation techniques, then you can simply handover the job to professionals, who are best at it. Even if you cannot install the corners on your own, you can surely paint them on your own. Installing these corners adds a subtle charm and a sort of elegance to your overall interior decor. You can easily enhance it further more, with help of correct interior painting techniques. As you know by now, these corners are made of subtle angles and hence, when it comes to repainting them, it gets even more difficult. So, here are a few tips on painting bullnose corners, for you.
Always get the entire wall painting done, before you begin with any bullnose corner. Also, choose color shades that are contrasting to the wall color, so that they can remain the focal point. This applies with the crown molding, as well as bullnose corners baseboard. Once you are done with it, then you can start gathering materials for painting the corners. Materials that you need include, house paint of the desired color shade, painter's tape, rollers and paint brush and tarp. Once you gather all these materials, apply painter's tape above the area of the corners that you want to paint. The tape with prevent the color from spreading to the wall decor surface. As a part of precaution, lay down tarp on the floor below the painting area. Once you are done with color selection and application of the painter's tape, you can start painting the bullnose, with help of smaller hand brushes.
Well, that was all that I had to tell you about bullnose corners, their installation and interior painting techniques. I hope information in the above article was found useful!
