[CPFSam]

Walls then trim. Any other way would be uncivilized.

Yep. We never use tape unless absolute neccesary. Tape is for painters that come to work with the shakes.
Tip. Drink a couple tall glasses of water before going to bed. Helps the hangover shakes.

 

[Felan Painting]

:whistling2:

Thought I would possibly stoke some fire under ya's.. :whistling2:

You paint trim or walls first when doing both? Wise needs to feel the wrath of a REAL thread :jester:

We paint all trim but the base first. Base is painted last . However we do apply the first finish coat to the walls before the trim is hung. Works well for us !:yes:

 

[Macsimus]

There is no question that it is easier to cut walls into trim than trim into walls. Trim first.

 

[johnpaint]

Well I spend like 110 per roll of 20-20 so I would not say it will break the bank. I use maybe two rolls of blue tape a month. The only reason to use blue tape is if you are taping over fresh paint anyway.

 

[Bender]

:whistling2:

Thought I would possibly stoke some fire under ya's.. :whistling2:

You paint trim or walls first when doing both? Wise needs to feel the wrath of a REAL thread :jester:

The difference is wise doesn't make up 50% of the posts in his thread:whistling2:

 

[A+HomeWork]

I originally cut-in walls to doors and ceilings and then cut the base last, but saw a guy tape off trim after painting first. If you cut-in by hand and do two coats, you are cutting-in twice, right? I do that on repaints sometimes.

If I can spray and back-roll, I prefer to tape off trim so I can do two coats and not worry about so much hand brush work.

I use lots of blue tape. I am open to suggestions, though.

 

[JoseyWales]

I always paint the BB's then tape them....Just use the same colour trim paint to seal the tape (to prevent tape bleed) and you'll come out with a perfect cut line.

 

[SouthFloridaPainter]

I always paint the BB's then tape them....Just use the same colour trim paint to seal the tape (to prevent tape bleed) and you'll come out with a perfect cut line.

Just making sure I got this right, after you tape the painted BB, you then paint the edge of the tape with your tim paint, let dry and start painting walls?

Thanks,

I'm always looking for a faster solution.

 

[JoseyWales]

Just making sure I got this right, after you tape the painted BB, you then paint the edge of the tape with your tim paint, let dry and start painting walls?

Thanks,

I'm always looking for a faster solution.

Yeah it takes only a few minutes to seal the tape...Tape BB's one room at a time and take the tape off immediately after the walls are painted.Absolutely perfect lines! I use the cheap 3M 2020 tape. (1 1/2 ")

By the time I'm finished cutting in the room,it's dry and I then lay a line of the wall paint on the BB tape.Then I roll.

 

[Bobbo]

Ceiling

trim

Walls

get payed

Great answer ! :thumbup:

 

[johnthepainter]

great thread, ive often wondered in what order i should pant stuff.

 

[robladd]

Depends on the Carpenters. Residential, Trim then Walls. Commercial, Walls then
Trim. Seems like on commercial jobs GC's
contract a Skeleton Crew of finish carpenters and it just ain't ready.

 

[daren]

Depends on the Carpenters. Residential, Trim then Walls. Commercial, Walls then
Trim. Seems like on commercial jobs GC's
contract a Skeleton Crew of finish carpenters and it just ain't ready.

Yeah I hate that crap. That's one reason why I got out of commercial work. GC's always asking when I'm gonna start rolling walls. My answer was always after you hang the trim so I can paint that first. Or maybe I was asked to leave. :whistling2:

 

[DanielMDollaPainting]

I always do ceilings than trim and than walls. I just hate when darker wall paints splatter on to the baseboard. Than I have to lay a coat on the very top top of the BB to touch up or wipe with a wet rag as I go. Pita. It's hard to see small specs unless they are dark colors. I never thought of using tape that way being an exstra step an all.

 

[Rcon]

Interior:

Ceilings
Trim,
Walls.


Exterior:

Spray siding then brush trim.

This saves a lot of masking and it's quicker to do most of the time.

 

[Ole34]

-ceilings

-frames

-walls

-doors/windows

-walls again

-baseboard

 

[Quality]

caulking

-ceilings

-frames

-walls

-doors/windows

-walls again

-baseboard

to those of you not doing ceiling,trim,walls what about caulking the trim to the walls, wouldnt that mess things up.

I have a job coming up (walls painted by gc, were painting all trim,doors,base,wainscoting.) I need to caulk trim to wall so I will have to go over wall with color at some point or another. I'm thinking spray trim with shield, then tape trim and fog the wall next to tape line to straiten it out. I dont want to get to carried away with brushing on the wall cause paint job is not very good and my brush lines would show. And also dont want to repaint walls.

Suggestions?

 

[crazywasp]

Make sure GC glues wainscot too, otherwise it will garauntee seperation n shadowing. The MF will always blame you the painter.

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[LocalPaintPros]

We do mostly res re-paint work and are still using oil enamel, so trim last.

Trim first = down-time waiting for it to dry before we can cut walls into it.

Trim last = we're enjoying a cold one (off the job site and off the clock, of course) while the trim drys.

OT: We've tried some of the new waterborne alkyds and have mixed feelings on them. Dang, now I go need to find the thread on *that* topic. Maybe tomorrow. Need sleep now.