Improving Work Quality in Painting Between Wall and Ceiling Areas Using a Paint Edger

Abstract

In the painting process, many tools have been proposed to paint the wall and keep the ceiling from being exposed to the paint color. The workers’ main problem is that they have to use a ladder to reach the ceiling and place tape between the wall and ceiling. This technique was employed to shield the paint-exposed area, particularly when the ceiling and wall were painted in contrasting colors. Because the tape absorbs the color of the painting, its quality typically does not match the ceiling’s surface, and when the worker tries to remove it, the color is still visible on the ceiling. The objective of the study is to implement a new additional tool to attach to the paintbrush in order to paint between the ceiling and wall area smoothly and neatly. To complete this study, the primary data collection was conducted through interviews with the painters at a construction site in Padang Besar, Perlis. The techniques of brainstorming, benchmarking, and morphological charting are used to produce and develop good ideas, which are expressed in detailed sketches and technical drawings. The polylactic acid (PLA) material was used in the 3D printing process to create the tangible prototype. The new additional tool that is called a paint edger, is attached to the paintbrush and this product can save working time to paint the area of the ceiling and wall by 32.9% compared to the conventional method. Moreover, the risk of the fall can be reduced by using the paint edger, whereas it uses the extended pole to complete the work with the same quality.