Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Lapel interior rooms and trim

I completed an interior painting job on Sunday that included rooms and trim in a house over 100 years old.  It included three large rooms with heavily textured walls and 9' ceilings. I also painted a stairwell railing and spindles. I put two coats of eg-shell on all the walls and one coat of semi-gloss trim paint on the railing and trim.

Steps for each room / railing:
  1. Masked out the floors with 12 inch paper using a model 3M Hand Masker M3000 Dispenser to prevent paint splatter and it also makes it easier to paint the bottom of the baseboards;
  2. There were a lot of cracks between trim and walls so I did a lot of caulking;
  3. Sanded and feathered chipped trim with a Rockwell multi-purpose tool (used 180 grit);
  4. Primed all the sanded areas with an oil-based primer (no odor);
  5. Painted the trim with Sherwin Williams ProClassic Door and Trim Latex paint (semi-gloss);
  6. Let dry overnight so the tape would stick and also not pull up the newly painted trim;
  7. Taped (green frog tape) out all the trim that included baseboards, door trim, and window trim;
  8. Applied first coat of Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 (no VOC) paint and let dry for 4 hours;
  9. Applied second coat of paint;
  10. Pulled all the tape and masking paper;
  11. Touched up any areas on the trim that needed it;
  12. Worked on a straighter line between ceiling and walls. With both the ceiling and walls being textured, it was difficult to get a straight line so I had to be a little creative and make the lines look straight from the floor;
  13. Vacuumed. 
Challenges:
  • A lot of prep work including caulking, sanding, and taping.
  • As mentioned above, it was difficult to get a straight line along the ceiling. I had to go back up on the ceiling and straighten the lines.
  • With the heavily textured walls, I had to use  a 3/4" roller nap in order to get the paint into the all the crevices.
  • The railing and spindles were really nicked up so I had to spend considerable time sanding, feathering, and priming to get them ready for painting.
Photos:

Downstairs empty bedroom


Downstairs empty bedroom


Stairwell with railing and spindles (I only painted the bottom one)


Downstairs TV room with an accented wall


Downstairs TV room


Upstairs bedroom


Upstairs bedroom

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