
When you are painting a room, you are presented with two different surfaces that are painted differently, as well. The walls are broad and flat and usually are painted with a roller. The trim is narrow; you need to use a brush. Not only that, the two surfaces usually receive different colours. Between walls and trim, which one should you paint first?
The interior painting company North Vancouver suggests when you should paint the trim here:
- When you are taping
Most of you who perform do-it-yourselves like to tape off the areas where they don't want to get paint. With its smooth, sharp edges, trim is easier to apply tape to than walls, especially when the walls are textured.
- When you are cutting in
Trim is not only easier to tape off, but it is also easier to follow when cutting in. If you are the type of painter who doesn't bother with tape and prefers to freehand that nice, clean edge, you'll find it is easier to cut in when you can spread out your brush over a nice, broad area (the wall) and use just the edge to cut in along the fine line of the trim.
- When the room is under construction
If work is still being done on the room, or there's a lot of work traffic through the room, you can buy yourself some time by painting the trim first. This leaves the walls for last, when there are fewer things moving in and out that can mark up the new wall paint.
Conclusion
If you're fortunate enough to have help in the form of partners, family, kids, co-workers, take advantage of it. Have a great, big painting party with drop cloths, paint trays, and rollers, then treat everybody to a light dinner. The next weekend, concentrate on all of that detailed trim-work.