Painting Stained Trim

Comments(9)

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  Banhel31st January, 2004

  Paint the trim with Killz primer first before you paint, that will seal over the stain and keep it from bleeding through.
  
  Bill

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  gtrzndrums31st January, 2004

  Get the oderless, unless you want to be stoned all day and wake up in the morning like you had 10 long island tea's the night before. Kilz is the answer!
  my 2 cents,
  gtrzndrums

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  WheelerDealer31st January, 2004

  You can also use PREP-SOL
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  InActive_Account31st January, 2004

  Kilz is a good idea but it will probably take several coats to cover fully.

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  davmille31st January, 2004

  Don't forget to wash the trim. I am sure there have been inumerable little hands on the trim work over the years that had just been handling potato chips! Even Kilz won't stick well to somthing that has any film on it such as oil or soap

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  Tedjr31st January, 2004

  Wash and lightly sand and then use white laquer undercoater. This sticks better than anything and dries in minutes. You will get high but that is half the fun. Make sure it is warm too.
  I hate to cover beautiful wood with paint. Is it old pretty wood underneath the dark brown. I have tons of wood in my home and love the rich light wood tons. We used antique 5 panel doors with flooted trim and plynth blocks and rosettes and it really looks great.

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  NC_Yank1st February, 2004

  I can see Im not with the rest of the group on this one. (Laugh)
  
  Personally I love stained wood...it is typically more expensive and often made out of hardwoods such as oak , walnut, cherry etc.
  
  I would just clean it and repaint everything else (with bright colors) to accent the trim work......let money involved and labor.
  
  If your are gonna resale anyway then why put more time into it?
  
  NC

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  Mikil1st February, 2004

  Kilz is a good idea as a primer, but is not the same stuff it used to be. Government VOC regs have forced changes. My day job is a painting contractor, real estate is #2. The BEST primer for sealing stains, or as a universal quick dry primer is "Binz" pigmented shellac. It is alcohol based so get a small can of solvent alcohol when your at the store and make SURE they shake the can for you. The solvent alcohol will be useful to clean up latex paint splatter later. You gan also have the Binz tinted so the next coat covers.
  Good Luck

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  OnTheWater2nd February, 2004

  Hey, great suggestions.
  
  Have you considered buying a medium-low grade trim and putting it up? From my view -and I'm on the outside looking in-I do that.
  
  Thanks,
  
  OnTheWater