Crown molding- Chair railing-Baseboard painting

Today I'll  paint a trims where walls and ceiling are not included in a project. We need to be careful protecting existing painted walls, do not drop trim paint on them.

Step 1 Use new sanding sponge 150 grit to sand off the sheen of the old paint and prep surface for better paint bond with the trim. After sanding you can use vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment to collect the dust from the surface. 

 

Step 2 Detect cracks on the surface and caulk, it. In this case we have dark color walls and need to be cautious not to leave caulk marks on them.

  Step 3 Start painting  crown moldings if you have them in a project and then go down doing chair railing and baseboards. Today I have little friend watching me J.

Step 4 Chair railings would be the next thing to paint. Before painting we need to do the same preparation of the surface as in the step 1 (detecting cracks, sanding, vacuum cleaning, caulking)

Step 5  Baseboards would be the last thing to paint. All painting process typically goes from the top down, because of dust, accidental paint drops falling down in a painting process of crown molding and chair railing in this case. 

The next post will be about painting trims where painting of walls and ceiling are included.

See you soon!