If you are choosing to have white trim with wood doors make sure that you keep the surface of your interior doors in good repair.
Painting wood doors and trim white.
We ll show you how to achieve a mar free surface that ll hold paint for 10 years or longer.
If you re painting your trim.
I ve used four different colors on doors and trim.
Part 2 paint the trim step 1.
If you ve ever contemplated should i paint my wood trim white then you re in the right place.
Some of my favorite whites for trimwork and doors are benjamin moore s cloud white and dove white in either semi gloss or satin.
Choose an interior door paint color if you re painting your door white and have white trim around it i recommend using the same paint color and finish as the trim.
After the drying period if bare wood or spackle is showing apply another coat of primer to the trim.
Trim paint usually comes pre tinted in bright white and in base colors that can be custom tinted.
Allow primer to dry for 24 hours.
Apply primer to trim covering any bare wood and spackled areas.
I am going to share the easy way to paint wood trim in this step by step tutorial.
You can spot prime a door coating only patched dents or areas you sanded through to bare wood.
The next door and trim combination has white color for the door and wooden color for the trim.
The new paint will stick better and you ll get a more uniform finish.
The white trim freshens the look while the stained wood of the doors keeps the room grounded in its rich history.
Door painting priming tips.
However we will not discuss how this door and trim combination goes well with any color scheme although this idea is possible to be applied.
This combination can be said to be a neutral one since both colors used in it are neutral.
Whether you re repainting wood or painting wood that s been stained and varnished the steps here apply to doors windows or trim.
Trim paint falls within the category of interior paint with a gloss of satin semi gloss gloss or high gloss.
Your choice of primer is just as important as your choice of paint.
Painting wood trim white without losing your mind should be the real title of this post because well i have done it the right way and the wrong way and nearly lost my mind.
The key to a long lasting paint job is to prepare the woodwork so it s clean and gloss free.
If you re painting your trim white take a swatch of the color you chose for the paint with you to the paint store to find a primer that s a close match to that shade.
If they are left too rugged or unvarnished they will simply look unfinished and out of place.
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