Im painting my kitchen, but im not shure how to paint around the ceiling fan.?

Should I just take the blades off? If anyone has any advice or any good links it is much appreciated.Im painting my kitchen, but im not shure how to paint around the ceiling fan.?
Taking apart the fan isn't a great idea.





Buy some trash bags or wastebasket liners and slide one over each fan blade. Paint as close to the fixture with a roller as you're able to, not worrying about touching the roller to the plastic bags. Use a brush to get a clean line right up to the fixture, just like you would around baseboards, molding, or something that can't be moved mid-wall.





Remember, ceiling painting requires frequent one-minute breaks to look down, or your neck may bother you for days and days. If you tend to drip or spatter when painting, wear eye protection. A tiny droplet of paint in the eye is really irritating.Im painting my kitchen, but im not shure how to paint around the ceiling fan.?
I wouldn't take apart the fan. Get as close as you can with the roller, and then use an angled brush to do the rest. If you happen to get paint on the fan, there's a product called Goof-off (commonly sold at hardware stores) that can be used to easily remove the paint. Good luck.
Hey, What kind of brush are you using? are you doing a textured ceiling? Or using a roller?





If you are using a roller, simply tape around the ceiling fan, on the fan not on the ceiling. using smaller pieces of tape to get around the shape of the fan, and use a brush, just like you would use for the edges of the ceiling. up to 2 and a half inches, or 3';. Just enough so that the roller doesn't touch the ceiling fan, and use a hand roller, to finish. Blades shouldn't have to be removed, unless you want to make it easier for you. paint should come off of the blades pretty easy. It may be cleaner to remove the blades.





If you're doing a textured looked, popcorn or fanning, etc. again tape the ceiling fan, remove the blades if you feel you may be messy, again brush a little around the fan, and go over it again with the texture.





I typically remove outlets, ceiling fixtures, curtain rods, phone jacks, and other attatched wall and ceiling items when painting, purely because it's easier for me to do it that way, and if you remove or change these items, for a decorative, or just simply replace them, you may change the shape and size of the items, and there will be missing paint.





Have fun, painting, i just did my den, breakfast nook, kitchen and dinning room, all in one day... My legs hurt for two days. we taped everything, and painted every little thing. but it was definantly worth it.
If the fan blades easily screw off, then take then off!





Use blue painter's tape to cover the edge and base of the fan right where it makes contact with the ceiling.





Paint area around fan.





Allow paint to dry.





After paint has been completely dry, peel off the blue painters tape. Blue painters tape can be found in any do-it-yourself store like home depot. It only costs a few bucks.





Sometimes masking tape will work good too.





Take care
Just make sure the fan is turned off... LOL


:) Seriously, don't bother removing the blades, it would take you longer than just using a small 2 inch brush carefully.
You could just lay an old towel over top of them.
Definitely take the blades off. Your work will be much easier. It's easy enough to take the blades off a fan. Just follow your instruction booklet, as different fans have different ways to do this. You won't need to take the complete fan apart or take it down, just remove the blades and you'll find your job MUCH easier.
Wrap the fan in plastic. You can get very lightweight clear plastic in the form of drop cloths at your local paint store for a couple of bucks. Tape the base of the fan off with blue painters tape, 3M 2080 is the best to release easily.
I think I would take the fan down. make sure you know what you are doing since you are dealing with electricity. Then us a bruch to get close to the opening. Just remember, be careful.
Shure? What is Shure? Isn't it SURE? You have bigger problems then figuring out that you have to shut off the fan to paint around it.