Home Interior: How To Paint Trim

a consummate tutorial for transforming an outdated draw solid only past times using pigment How To Paint Trim

Over the past times few years, I've painted virtually all of the outdated wooden cut inwards our 1970's house. Although it took approximately fourth dimension to complete, it was a actually inexpensive update that made a huge acquit on inwards the overall await as well as experience of our home.

If y'all receive got an outdated house, this is such an affordable agency to completely transform it without having to pass a ton of money.

I've been able to examine out my theory on nearly every room inwards our house, as well as it industrial plant every unmarried time. Before nosotros speak over details, hither are the earlier as well as afters of approximately of the rooms inwards our house. You tin encounter what a divergence a piffling pigment tin make.

Our entryway before...

and our entryway after.
See total expose here.

Our living room before...

and our living room after.
See total expose here.

guest bath before...

and invitee bath after.
See total expose here.

Our purpose before...

and the purpose after.
See total expose here.

dining room before:

and dining room after.

*UPDATED: The dining room has been renovated fifty-fifty farther past times knocking downwards a wall. You tin encounter all the pics here.

Upstairs landing before:

and upstairs landing after.
See total expose here.

Master sleeping room before...

and top dog sleeping room after.
See total expose here.

Master sleeping room cupboard before...

and top dog sleeping room cupboard after.

See total expose here. Seriously, it's 1 of my faves.

And that's all we've gotten to thus far. The downstairs degree of the draw solid hasn't been painted yet, thus we'll move out that for approximately other day!
Hopefully, directly y'all sympathise why I intend icon cut white has such a huge acquit on on a home.

There are approximately gorgeous woods cut exceptions out there, but I unremarkably prefer white trim.

That's only how I roll.

So, directly let's acquire started amongst the tutorial.

Here are the basic supplies y'all volition need.

Supply List:

1. Primer (I prefer Zinsser.)

2. White Paint (I utilization Behr Semi Gloss Ultra White.)

3. Painter's record (I like ScotchBlue.)

4. Wooster paintbrush (This affair rocks my footing as well as I've used it on my entire house.)

5. Small foam roller. (My absolute favorite is the Shur-Line Trim Roller and I fifty-fifty utilization it when icon furniture.)

6. caulk & caulk gun

7. drop cloth

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Quick note: In the bulk of our house, I chose to only prime number our cut rather than sand it. However, I did take away the cut as well as sand it inwards the living room/dining room surface area because I knew it would acquire the most vesture as well as tear.
Sanding AND priming your cut volition give y'all the most durable results, but I've constitute that priming lone industrial plant good plenty for me. On the areas of the draw solid where I did sand the cut starting fourth dimension earlier priming, I use this sander (Amazon affiliate link) because I dearest that it traps a lot of the dust.

Prep work: Tape
Tape off all the areas y'all don't desire to acquire pigment on earlier y'all prime. If I'm icon my cut as well as walls at the same time, I alone record off the carpet. That way, I tin pigment the cut starting fourth dimension as well as thus cutting inwards amongst the wall pigment as well as encompass whatever mistakes I made piece icon the trim. If y'all are alone icon the cut as well as not the walls, I advise taping off close the rug as well as close the wall. Here is an representative of what I hateful inwards the below picture. I had already painted the cut as well as was starting to pigment the walls. You tin encounter that I taped below the cut past times the carpet, as well as thus came dorsum later the cut was dry out as well as cutting inwards amongst my brush to pigment the walls. When everything is done, I utilization an exacto knife to tending take away the tape. Usually on other projects, I take away the record when the pigment is withal wet, but amongst cut move y'all receive got to practice several coats as well as allow them to dry out inwards between. So, I only move out the record inwards identify until I'm completely done.

After you've taped off all the necessary areas, it's fourth dimension to start the pigment process.

Step #1: Prime.
Using a paintbrush, I start past times icon over all the woods amongst my primer. I only practice 1 coat amongst the paintbrush as well as thus smoothen it out amongst my modest foam roller. I detect that 1 coat of primer unremarkably does the play a joke on for me.

Priming is necessary because it helps forbid night woods stain from peeking through white paint, as well as it keeps your pigment from peeling off the wood. It volition give y'all adhesion fairly comparable to sanding inwards most instances if used correctly.

Step #2: Paint

After your primer is dry, it's fourth dimension to paint.
For most of my trim, I've used Behr ultra white inwards a semi gloss finish. Semi gloss is tardily to clean, as well as I dearest the agency the ultra white color looks crisp as well as build clean adjacent to my wall colors. It actually makes wall colors pop.

When I apply my cut paint, I utilization my Wooster brush (I intend I've bought v of them at this point...they salvage me SO much fourth dimension as well as I barely receive got to record upward anything when I utilization them because of their precision.). I acquire over the entire cut amongst the brush first, as well as thus piece the pigment is withal wet, I smoothen out all of my brushstrokes amongst a modest foam roller. This gives it a manufacturing flora similar finish. It's awesome.

So, to recap, brush your pigment on amongst your Wooster first. (You tin encounter below where I had only started icon over my coat of primer. I alone did 1 coat of primer, as well as thus I unremarkably demand 2-3 coats of paint.)

Step #3: Roll

Before your pigment dries, smoothen out the brushstrokes amongst your modest foam roller. This is a really of import mensuration inwards making it await great. Now remember, inwards my high traffic areas, I spent nearly 8 meg hours removing all of my cut as well as thus icon it exterior as well as making it perfect. It was torture. Turns out, only taping off my rug as well as thus smoothing out the bulk of the cut amongst a roller renders actually similar results. It won't endure perfect, but I've been able to completely transform my abode using the regulation of 'progress, non perfection'.
I highly recommend it.

Step #4: Caulk
Caulking is cardinal when it comes to making your pigment task await professional. Most people would advise caulking starting fourth dimension (and rightly so), thus y'all should in all likelihood practice that. However, if I'm existence honest, I unremarkably only practice it later I've painted. I utilization white paint, as well as my caulk is white, thus it works.
I'm no expert. Just a gal sharing how I made my erstwhile draw solid await less old.

All I practice is utilization my caulk gun to run a modest draw of caulk betwixt the wall as well as the trim. And I don't fifty-fifty utilization a caulk tool to destination it. Frankly, I detect a newspaper towel as well as my finger to move only every bit well. I only wipe it off inwards a swipe-like motion. I've done most of my draw solid similar this as well as nobody has e'er been the wiser. I used a caulk tool for my starting fourth dimension few rooms, as well as they await the same every bit the rooms where I only used my finger covered inwards a newspaper towel.
Feel costless to ignore that proffer as well as opt for the tool. :)

And that, my friends, it how I pigment my trim. I've spent endless hours sitting on the flooring amongst a paintbrush over the past times few years, as well as I've adapted my methods every bit I've learned more. I'm certain in that place are meliorate ways, or fifty-fifty unlike ways, but this is what industrial plant for me.