How To Paint Door And Window Trim

Begin painting in the upper inside corner of the door jamb and door stop.

How to paint door and window trim.

If the door has a flat surface paint it with a 2 or 3 inch wide brush pad roller or sprayer. Just press the paint shield s stainless steel blade into the crease between the trim and wall as you brush on the paint to prevent splatter and smudges. After you ve painted 11 inches or so of. Paint the window trim.

Pour thoroughly mixed paint into a clean paint tray. Make sure that you paint the bottom and top of a wooden door. If you don t moisture may enter the door and cause it to swell or warp. I ve used four different colors on doors and trim.

A convenient mini pad paint applicator lets you paint the bottom edge without removing the door. Window trim in particular gets blasted with the sun which can yellow the paint. Paint the trim after the prep work and primer the trim is ready for paint. However we will not discuss how this door and trim combination goes well with any color scheme although this idea is possible to be applied.

Thicker consistencies of paint help prevent sagging. There are two main reasons why you may want to paint your interior trim the first being that you have existing trim that has become beaten up dinged and discolored over the years. This wood should be painted last after the front facing surfaces of the window frame and the sash and trim have been painted. The window trim is the roughly inch 1 3 cm deep lip perpendicular to the glass window pane that surrounds the wooden window frame.

The bit of sugar and limousine leather were used in various places throughout the 70 s landing pad and the crumb cookie was used in the. This combination can be said to be a neutral one since both colors used in it are neutral. Behr s standard semi gloss white that you just pick up right off the shelf behr s bit of sugar a white white behr s limousine leather black and crumb cookie by valspar more of a creamy white. Paint the trim from top to bottom.

The next door and trim combination has white color for the door and wooden color for the trim. Most trim gets painted white. The brush painting your method of paint application for trim means that big globs of paint may develop and sag before drying. Dip no more than an inch of the angled paint brush into the paint and wipe away excess.