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Great Way To Paint Your Wood Trim
Painting wood trim can be fulfilling as it enables you to maintain or change the looks and appearance of your wooden trim as required as possible. Painting it also makes a contribution to its maintenance and upkeep and ensures its durability.
The following are your quick guide on how to paint your wood trim :
* First, prepare the woodwork. Sand and de-gloss the wood and wash it with a detergent, if feasible. The paint will not stick well if there's dirt, grease, grime or gloss over the surface.
* Take of or protect items like door knobs, door handles and hardware. You can paint while the wood trim remained hanged, but you can paint it better if it is laid flat. Use blue tape to cover hardware and handles / knobs, if required. If the wood trim is removed, lay it across 2 sawhorses or a table when you start to paint.
* Check for cracks and holes and apply wood fill or caulk as required. Use epoxy filler or the same stuff used as filler for car bodies to cover fundamentally bigger holes. Again, sand the areas where needed.
* Start your painting. First, apply a coat of primer if the surface has no paint yet. Then, leave it to dry.
* Next is to apply 1 or 2 coats using semi-gloss or glossy paint. These are preferable as these are the most durable and also, simple to clean. Using a fine quality brush and ideally one with an angled end, paint in even strokes. Here are way more practical tips and even some warnings when you paint your wood trim :
* It's better to paint the jambs or the area where the door closes into first. Next to color is the trim round the door and the last is the door itself.
* If you should happen to use a paint that gets too dry to spread, you can let it dry all of the way. Sand it down and then paint over it.
* For exterior wood trims, make efforts to paint its top and bottom edges even if these aren't visible. This will help to guard it against rot and possible swelling.
* If at all possible, avoid using roller on a door. Even if it it's perfectly flat, it cannot allow you to lay the paint evenly and may not produce a close look.
* Try to avoid loading up enough paint on your paint brush. Either these will collect in the door's details, will puddle up or even drip. Paint with one side of the brush with one long stroke. On the reverse stroke, use the opposite side of the brush. Apply varying pressure when you cut along the edge. Brush lightly and uniformly when you paint the finishing coat.
Wood trims are just some of the parts of the house. However it can also add to the glow and allure of the house when correctly kept.
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