Painting trim requires a quality brush and patience.
Painting your trim the same color as your walls is easier than painting it a because you do not have to worry about getting the trim paint on your walls when you paint them. Masking the edges of the floor and ceiling with painter's tape will help protect them from being painted by mistake. Trim refers to the different types of wood molding that outline the room. Some of the more common types of trim are baseboard, bed molding, casing and crown molding.
Instructions
1. Take a color swatch or the paint can lid dabbed with the color that your wall is painted to a hardware store and ask for personnel to match the color. This will ensure that you get the exact color as your wall in case any errors were made in mixing the original paint at the hardware store.
2. Wipe the trim down with the wet cloth to clean it to help ensure maximum paint adhesion and allow it to dry. Clean the trim thoroughly. Any debris left on the trim before painting will be painted over. The debris will create an uneven surface or eventually will fall off, leaving the old trim color exposed.
3. Mask your floor and ceiling using low-tack painter's tape if you are painting crown molding or baseboard. Unroll the tape and stick one end on the floor or ceiling and run the tape along the edge of the trim. Use a ladder to reach the ceiling trim, if necessary. The tape will protect surfaces you want to remain a different color from the trim.
4. Open the primer and stir it with the stirring stick. Use one of the paint brushes to apply the primer to the trim. Cover the trim completely with primer.
5. Use the other stirring stick to stir the trim color. Apply one coat of color to the trim. Allow the paint to dry and apply a second coat, if necessary to ensure complete, uniform coverage.
6. Remove the painter's tape on the ceiling and floor after you have applied enough coats so that the trim matches the walls in color.
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