Do You Paint Baseboards Or Walls First
Camila Farah
Paint the baseboards first then the ceiling and walls it is best to paint the baseboards first then the ceiling and finally the walls.
When you paint the wooden baseboards let them dry for 24 hours then cover them with tape. Painting the window trim door trim crown molding and baseboards is definitely a more detailed time consuming project than rolling the walls. Interior doors and trim all should be done before the flooring. Paint the trim first no need for tape.
We use a roller the same 9 inch medium nap and roll the paint onto walls to be painted and tip it smooth with a good brush. Once for the first go around and again after painting the wall to fix any splatters or messy lines. You also gain some efficiency by only needing to tape the wall to the baseboards once or not tape at all. You should paint in this order.
It can be a painstaking job to steadily freehand brush. This is a good time to caulk. Paint all of your coats on all of your baseboards at once and then move on to the wall. Cutting in is the process of using a brush to paint a straight edge first before painting the main part of a section of wall.
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That means that you ll have cut in twice. The baseboards should be primed and painted with one coat. Then you can start painting the ceiling without fear of staining.Source : pinterest.com