Abstract: A door knob shield for use in painting a door; the tool is composed of an elongate handle having a skirt coaxially arranged and secured to one end of said handle; the skirt which has an open end is sized to be positioned over a door knob with the terminal end of the skirt positioned in abutting relation to a door with the skirt jacketing the door knob nested within the skirt so that the zone of the door about the door knob may be painted rapidly without masking tape to avoid the problem of partially painting the door knob base.