How To Prep Stained Wood Trim For Painting

After the drying period if bare wood or spackle is showing apply another coat of primer to the trim.

How to prep stained wood trim for painting. Wipe off the excess and if you want to sand it lightly but I never doI just wipe off the excess with my finger so just the hole is filled 3 Wipe down all of your trim with a damp cloth. I am in no way a professional but this method works very well for me and I have been doing it this way for years. Either way if you want to be on the safe side before you get all gung-ho and paint everything you can apply a test patch of primer in an inconspicuous area after youve done your surface prep apply your topcoat over the test patch once the primers dry enough to receive it then wait to see if you get any stain bleeding through.

Thoroughly mix the primer with a paint stick and pour a small amount into a paint tray. PRIME the trim with BINs Bullseye pigmented shellac. Use latex primer and paint when painting over a water-based wood stain.

A putty knife to scrape peeling paint and apply fillers a paint scraper for rough oil-based paint sandpaper or a sanding sponge to smooth out rough spots and dry spackling paste. Apply primer to trim covering any bare wood and spackled areas. Wash the surface of the trim with a TSP solution or a low-phosphate household cleaner.

The very first thing you need to do is clean everything for that I use Krud Kutter. The choice of primer is. Its All in The Prep The prep work is a big reason why converting stained trim to painted is so labor intensive.

After the Bins dries very lightly sand it again with 220-400 paper or 40 steel wool. There are only a few items required to prep wood trim for painting. Regardless of the religious factor involved in painting hardwood trim lololol if you must do it you need to buff sand the wood 150 or 220 is fine for this step.

Apply wood putty to any holes in the trim. It will be smooth as glass. After this use a clean rag and wipe off any stain thats pooling on the wood.