How To Paint Interior Doors And Trim
You ll also need the best brushes for painting trim.
How to paint interior doors and trim. You can use a brush over the entire surface to avoid the appearance of roller stipple. To remove any lap marks roll a lightly loaded roller over the wet coat of paint to smooth. Coat the recessed areas first and then the faces of the panels.
Use a brush for painting in a small panel. Brushes are best for applying paint to most trim. Anytime you re painting something a general rule of thumb is to brush all the places that need to be painted with the paintbrush first rather than rolling first.
Some of my favorite whites for trimwork and doors are benjamin moore s cloud white and dove white in either semi gloss or satin. Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels. If you prefer to use a roller instead consider.
We recommend a 1 and 2 inch angle sash brushes readily available. A 2 5 to 3 inch angled sash brush is generally all you need but if you have a lot of wide trim you may want a 4 inch square brush a pad or even a mini roller. If you are going to paint a plain flat door use a foam roller to roll on the paint and use an angled brush to paint the sides.
Rolling a flush flat door paint a flat door with a brush pad or roller with a 1 4 inch nap or foam sleeve. It is also about the whole color scheme you use in the space where the doors and trim are installed. Otherwise they will stick.
Choose a semigloss or high gloss alkyd based paint for doors which get a lot of use and abuse. If you re painting your door white and have white trim around it i recommend using the same paint color and finish as the trim. To get started you will need caulk a sanding block painters tape a sponge benjamin moore fresh start primer and benjamin moore advance interior paint.