Paint Trim Or Walls First Interior

They paint the trim first then the ceiling then the walls.

Paint trim or walls first interior. It may be preferable to paint the walls first with the lower sheen finish then the trim afterwards. We use a roller the same 9 inch medium nap and roll the paint onto walls to be painted and tip it smooth with a good brush let dry roll walls very close to trim and let that dry. This is because a higher gloss paint may show through from under a lower gloss paint if you do the trim first and get any paint on the walls.

I will tell you this order differs from most tutorials you ll find online but i promise it is so much easier to paint the trim first and not worry about getting a little on the wall. Paint is sprayed on the wall then is quickly rolled down fusing the droplets together. In fact painting your trim any other color when you have white walls may make you feel like you re living inside of an outline and be quite jarring.

Usually the walls will be flat or satin finish but the trim will be semi gloss. Homeowners should think more strategically says rich o neil of masterworks painting. If you are an amateur painter paint trim first with a paintbrush then the walls.

If you paint your trim before painting your wall color it s a super fast process because you can get a little paint on the wall since you ll be painting over it. Paint your wall and trim properly 18. This is a good time to caulk.

Which to paint first first lay down a drop cloth to protect your floors from any drips or spills. Paint the trim first no need for tape painter s trick. Walls are primarily rolled while the trim is exclusively brushed and can look bad if someone slops the paint on muddling the details and leaving permanent brush strokes.

Professional painters have a clever technique that combines the best of spraying and rolling. When painting the trim you don t have to be neat. The tiny paint droplets produced by spraying do not connect with each other as well as rolled on paint.