How To Paint Doors And Trim Fast

A 2 5 to 3 inch angled sash brush is generally all you need but if you have a lot of wide trim you may want a 4 inch square brush a pad or even a mini roller.

How to paint doors and trim fast - Hi i am painting my bathroom trim and 6 panel doors white on the inside. Keep in mind paints dry faster in higher temperatures lower humidity and when exposed to direct sunlight. Its faster and looks just as good as brushing almost i still prefer a brushed door but the rolled method is gr. Once the primer is dry apply the first coat of sherwin williams snapdry door and trim paint.

When possible paint your door in early morning or late afternoon. I ve used four different colors on doors and trim. Check out this approach to painting doors. Choose a semigloss or high gloss alkyd based paint for doors which get a lot of use and abuse.

My bathroom color is behr bright white but i wanted to use behr delicate lace on the other side which faces into bedroom and the the other into the. You ll cover it later when painting walls. Paint sherwin williams in pussywillow 2 purdy brush sizes my fav paint container it has a magnet that holds your brush and it s great for low hand fatigue scotch blue painters tape. 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.

I got my supplies together. Once the trim is completely painted and dry at least 24 hours tape it off using an easy release painter s tape then paint the ceiling then continue on to wall painting. Next i filled in each door panel. I started by first painting all the recessed channels in the door panels.

Follow this order for best results when using snapdry paint on your doors. 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. Check out the latest webisode of checking in with chelsea to learn how to paint doors the easy way and get a sprayer smooth finish with a paint roller. Don t worry if the door and trim paint gets slopped onto the walls.

She has a tip to make painting doors efficient with no wait for one side to dry before painting the other.