Tips For Painting Trim

Tips for Painting Trim

synopsis by: Laura D.

Have you ever considered painting the trim around your door in your home yourself

Tips for how to paint trim

? This video gives expert tips on how to do this task. The tools you will need are: paint, tape, a blanket to put on the floor, and a ladder (depending on your height). At your local hardware store, you will want to look for trim paint. There are many different types. The narrator uses one that is oil based in this video.

Before you get started remember the last thing you will want to do before you paint is the wood trim. It is so important to tape off the edges. A lot of times when you used trim based paint, especially one that is oil based, then it has a tendency to seep under the tape. It does not matter how well you tape and press against the edge. This would put a huge damper in your trim painting and would make you have to go back and re-do everything.

The narrator has a trick to get around this issue. He says to apply a very thin layer of calk along the edge. It does not have to be much at all since you will be wiping this off. Once you have done this all the way across, you can spit on your finger and wipe off some of the left over calk. The narrator claims, “Nothing beats a little spit!” Now that you have done this, you still left a very fine membrane in place which will prevent the paint from seeping behind the tape. Then, you will want to put on a light coat of trim paint.

Do not overwork it also since there are flattening agents in the paint. The more you do this, working the paint, you will just thicken the paint more. It does not remove the paint stokes. The best thing to do is just apply the paint with a few light strokes. The narrator promises this is the best way to do it and it will come out beautiful!

This exceptional post and synopsis on painting your interior or exterior trim, has been presented by:

Intex Millwork Solutions
Millville, New Jersey
intexmillwork.com
exterior trim l exterior window trim
“Intex Millwork Solutions is the home improvement industry’s leading interior and exterior trim manufacturer. We also manufacture many types of moulding and millwork.”