Painting Electrical Outlets or Light Switches The switches and electrical sockets can also be painted to match the plates. Lightly brush or spritz the device with paint then seal when completely dry. If you don’t want to paint your electrical devices, find a color that is close to your paint and coordinate them.Click to see full answer. Similarly, you may ask, how do you paint around a light switch?To paint around light fittings, light switches and sockets, first turn off the electric then with sockets and switches, unscrew them slightly from the wall and using a small 15mm (1/2) brush paint just past the edge. With light fittings unscrew the ceiling rose to allow you to paint behind.Beside above, how do you paint electrical outlets? Use a little paint on a brush and lightly dry brush the outlet so not to get any paint in the outlet holes. DO NOT USE SPRAY PAINT. Paint the outlet cover. Replace when dry and turn the power back on. Similarly, it is asked, can you paint light switches UK? These plates are supplied with etch-primed face plate ready to be painted in the same colour as the wall so as to make them as unobtrusive as possible. So if you’re looking for paintable switches, sockets, or light fittings, there’s a wide range of such items at SparksDirect.co.uk.Should you cut in before or after rolling?You can cut-in around the trim either before or after rolling. Because the drying time of flat and eggshell latex paint is so short, you can cut-in an entire room before filling in the walls.