Paint walls or install trim first

Installing trim after every thing is finished is a little slower but for do it yourselfers in my opinion easier. You have to be extra careful of the newly painted walls so they don't get damaged when you are installing trim work.

After the trim work is installed then it's just a matter of touch up staining with a brush filling nail holes and then finish sealing these small areas. There really is no right or wrong way. You just need to figure out which way would be best for you. Installing trim is quicker and easier when every thing is raw and unpainted although the painting and staining is slower and a little more work.

Installing trim after everything is sealed, painted and finished is slower because you have to be careful about damage. Walls can always be touched up with a little spackle and paint should it get damaged although you have to be careful here so the paint doesn't flash in these areas.

People Spaces Colors Features. Subscribe metrie. Paint it After Source On the other hand, there are many experts that advocate for painting it after it is installed. Shoe Moulding vs. About Us Subscribe Contact Us. The technology of DIY paint sprayers has advanced rapidly. There are some very good airless paint sprayers that are easy to operate and clean. When you have the paint thinned correctly, they deliver professional results.

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I's not uncommon for a wall to get scuffed by a hammer as the finish carpenter taps the edges of trim to adjust it. Walls can get nicked and scratched as long lengths of trim are moved around the house.

The time spent being careful may be counter productive. Touch up painting of the spray-painted walls with a brush can also yield less than satisfactory results. It's a great idea to prime woodwork on both sides and applying one coat of finish paint on its exposed face before it's installed. The finish trim will need one final coat of paint after it is installed.

The woodwork can get nicked, scratched and abused as it is installed. What's more, the spackling compound used to fill the countersunk nail holes will have to be sanded, primed and sealed before the final coat of paint is applied if you use the wrong one.

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