I always paint trim first. Then back mask when painting walls and ceiling. Sharp straight lines every time. I never use blue tape. Never. I always prime trim first. Then paint. Then mask with regular tape. If you prime , your chance of peeling is low to negative . Great tutorial my Man. You know your job.👍
I use paper for drywall to slide under the base where I'm able to after I put the paper masking down. Get it as close as possible. Then use drywall seam tape to make up the differance. I use clear caulk to get a sharp line on top of the baseboard. True wherever my crisp line will meet something other than white trim I use clear caulk. But if the trim is white I do a super thin thin bit of caulk on green frog tape. Creates laser sharp lines. Hope that helps.
@@JTP1967 you mean that you've used clear caulk to mask? I've installed and painted miles and miles of baseboard and I've never once done that. If I'm installing, I'll usually give them a coat of primer and a coat of base before cutting then roll out some masking paper down the walls and drop the baseboard right on top of it. I don't doubt that the clear silicone method works but I know silicone (especially clear) is a bi*** to remove if it's not a perfect, thick bead. Do you use your finger or a tool or do you just run a bead with your gun? Also, I (like I'm sure you do) will pull all the trim work if I'm also to paint the walls. Then I can use my masking paper under the baseboard method when it's time to reinstall
@@dilldowschwagginz2674 I still use tape, but in order to prevent bleed through, especially on textured walls, I lay a small bead of clear caulking on the edge of the tape line. It fills all the voids and leaves a nice straight line. But just like you, I always pre-prime and even paint them before I install them. But there's always that inevitable instance where you have to paint them or touch them up in place for whatever reason. Nice thing about using the caulking trick, I can lay paper down and mask the top with tape, lay a small bead of clear, and use a detail air sprayer and touch up everything to a nice finish. With the clear you don't have to worry if the tape is sealed tight cuz it seals the edge for you, don't have to worry about contrasting colors, and it leaves a nice crisp line. You do have to pull the tape off right away otherwise it will be a b**** to get it off.
I use the same hand masker and spray all of my trim. The time it takes to mask is made up by the quality of the finished product. No brush strokes! A professional is not afraid to use products to up their game and create a quality job !
For sure, I'd get kicked out of town if I brushed and rolled moldings, that's your neighborhood handy man garbage. When folks want high quality work they call me, and I'm booked out on average 3 months. If you do top notch work , you'll be known for it eventually. I could only imagine a million dollar home with Flotrol brushed moldings, you'd get sued here where I live.lol
I honestly will be applying the technique with the tape. I have no problem using extra tape to get a nice tight fit as I hug the contour of the trim. Thank You!!
Yeah seriously, it's funny the people that think it's a competition to see who is best with a brush. Spray and tape looks better anyways, quality takes time and isn't always the cheapest.
I do have a question I can't find a clear answer. I am about to spray my basement. Do I do prime -> texture -> paint or do I need to prime again after texture? How well will paint stick to texture mud? I don't want to have to prime twice but I can if needed.
Great video.... The caulk trick works incredibly well in a lot of areas need a clean line, and/or keeping the paint off neighboring trim/floor. But, if using a sprayer, how are you going to keep the over-spray off the walls???
@@spencercolgan Well....as far as using a sprayer goes, I completely f**ked that up!...LOL. I may try that with the next room. I'll have to figure out what's easier, all the masking, or just using a brush. Not real happy with the brush, as I'm getting brush strokes, which has never happened to me before, so I'm struggling with how to get rid of those without going through the hassle of using a spray gun. Going to try a foam roller to see if that helps smooth it out. Thank you again, I've got a hand-masker on the way. I had no idea such a tool existed. That was worth the video in, and of, itself. 👍
I put the tape first hen hand masker so you get a cobble floor protection , then a non skid paint tarp on top of that, great video and good teaching in description of steps very good
What is your strategy/approach then you need to to paint entire room - ceiling, crown molding, baseboards doors & door jams and the walls. Flat on ceiling Gloss on woodwork Satin/eggshell on walls In what order to paint to be most efficient?
Hi Spencer, thanks for making the video. What spray tip would you use? The one I am using just now has quite a big fan space and when I try to do skirtings, I need to tape around 2-3 feet back to avoid overspray on the floor. I think I need a more concentrated tip - if that makes sense? Do you have any good videos.
How do you protect pot lights in the ceiling and ceiling fans , while using an airless paint sprayer to paint the ceiling. Is there a unique way of covering the fan and pot lights...Thanks ..Good video by the way.
1. Pull pot lights either completely out of ceiling if they remove, or pull down and wrap completely in brown paper...and stuff cavity of pot light with a wad of brown paper to protect socket. Wrap ceiling fans completely in plastic.
I’ve just started spraying what is better to tape up with brown paper or thin plastic.we have corex in the Uk which is black plastic about 3mm thick that see. To be better
Spencer, I decided I hated my 3 inch baseboard and crown modeling in my house, so I had it all taken out. I ordered all new 5 inch baseboard since I have 12 foot ceilings I thought it would look nice. My problem is I want to have it painted before it goes up. I just got through painting 6 rooms in my house and I'm done with trim/prepping work. I started painting with a brush on one board in my garage and decided I didn't like the brush strokes it was leaving, so I went to the local paint store and talked with the salesman and he guided me to a roller. I went home and didn't like the way the roller left small bumps, so I had to sand it all off. I've since read that air brushing is the best way, so I have a guy coming to my house to do that. I have 30 16 foot boards and I'm scared that dirt/debris will get on my newly painted boards as he says he will lay them out on my driveway on top of plastic. My question is, how do I touch up the boards after they put them back on? If I use a brush you will see strokes or a roller will be bumpy. What should I do? Very Nervous. Terri
I don't know how many years of experience you have Sr but the way I do it is I use the masking machine to go around the room leaving 1" away from the baseboard then I go back with 1.5 tape to finish taping so when I'm done I pull the tape and the paper same time is faster then the way you do it in I only have 5 yrs painting..
Elias Sanchez So you’re saying leave a little space between the masking paper and the baseboard, and then just put a single strip of tape over the floor just near the baseboard and this will pull up the masking paper and everything else? Sounds like a great idea
I like laying down 1/2" masking tape first then come over that with the hand masker then lo velosity paint spray and also same way on the wall. The 1/2" tape first gives you a finer edge but it's a bit more work Thanks great video.
I would also like to see that. Because he doesn't mention how much of a pain in the ass it will be removing it let alone if there is any caulk left after pulling up the tape...this is a bad example for taping off baseboards.
Interesting video. When I have skirting boards (trim) on a wooden floor where there are gaps between, I flip the paper around and feed it under the boards. Saves tacking down the paper again and you don't need to redo the edges. I also don't caulk the bottom of the trim because wooden floors generally have an element of vertical movement (depending on how they were put down, if there's any form of underlay etc), and as you say, it'll crack later on. Anywhere I can get tape under the trim, the mouldings of the architraves for example, then I'll do it. Normally with Clean Edge 2" tape. I'm not such a fan of the standard white masking tape on wooden floors, I had a couple of examples some years ago when it took the surface laquer off or left a residue. I find Tessa tape or Clean Edge work well. Great thing with our trade is that there's often more than 1 way of doing a job, it's just about finding works well for you and provides the finish the client is happy with.
kinesis28 Thank you very much for this helpful, comment. I love your idea of sliding the masquing underneath the skirting board. In this particular instance, it was not possible because the skirting board touches the floor almost everywhere and this is an imitation wood floor - it’s actually Vinyl
Good question; absolutely yes, you will have an overspray and that’s why we do it not caring about the overspray because the next day we tape off the trim which is done the previous day and then we spray the wall
Ok. Thanks for your answer. I wasn’t worried about color getting onto the wall because I’m going to paint/roll the walls afterwards. I just know how smooth walls are terrible for showing different textures like brush marks and didn’t know if the spray edged would show through after everything was painted. But I would imagine the roller nap will cover it up. Just never sprayed trim after it was installed, thought I would give it a try. Thanks for the tips.
No sir. Good question. No need to. Because, you can get paint onto the wall. Why? Because you can paint the wall after the woodwork while you mask the woodwork when it dries.
What I did and explain in this video is that the rest of the floor was being covered with brown construction paper; but the masking in this video is how you would mask for rolling or brushing your woodwork
Good video accept, I slide sections of tap under the base to keep paint off floor. To your credit most painters paint the floor under the base caused by flooring change.
Spencer, thanks for the tips. I did as you Said. Just One question: I sanded the Trim (Wood trim not painted) and sprayed primer (water based). After that i sprayed first coat with Paint for Wood (water based). I did it with tip 311 on the Wagner 350 on the Trim and all the Doors. I have runs all Over the place ONLY when i spray the Paint after the primer. Can you help?
joao ferraz 1. This could be a couple of things: number one, did you spray too much of the product on? Only you would know; number two what is the Sheen Of the surface you sprayed it on? Did that need to be sanded or a scarf that before you sprayed it on? There is a chance it’s too slippery and it’s just running off - please let me know
Was the primer dry? Are you costing too heavy? I rarely ever have drips. That's usually caused by too much paint, or previous coat not dry enough for final coat.
You need the gap for the seasons when the house expands and contracts. White bathroom silicone on white skirtings is good because the silicone wont crack the same way as caulk does. It will fill the gap flawlessly.
I’m Painting trim now with a graco airless paint sprayer. Im finding the paint is going on to thick. What tip do you use? Thanks I just found your channel- so I’m going through ur videos now. Maybe u made one on this topic.
Will be your biggest tip. Make sure you strain your paint two or three times cuz it's going to clogged many times. If you're old like me you will get pissed off.😂 Have fun painting
@@spencercolgan thanks for quick reply. Prepped one room today, scraped popcorn off ceiling, gonna have to plaster a bit. I’ll watch more of your videos tonight
Thank you ! You wait for the next day, put tape and masking dig paper right over the newly painted surface, draping brown masking paper over it, tape it to the floor, and spray your wall!
@@spencercolgan Thanks for getting back so quickly. lol, I think you misunderstood my question or I did not make myself clear. While you're spraying baseboard the wall will get sprayed also above the baseboard. This I want to prevent. Thanks.
US Marine Patriot Very good; this video was made in order to paint the entire house, starting at the baseboard, then the walls, then the ceiling so if you wanted to prevent ideas where you would do you would simply put tape right above the trim and bring masking plastic or paper above it or a shield
@@spencercolgan OK, now I understand, I only need to repaint my baseboard, now I know what to do. Thank you so much. Lesson learned; I should have painted baseboard first lol. Thanks again.
Hi Spencer Can i ask your advice please. Im currently on a job where the customer requested i paint over her wallpaper. I have primed the wallpaper with zinsser wallpaper cover up which is great stuff. my question is i wanted to spray the skirting and dado rail before i top coat the walls but i was worried about saturation of overspray on the wallpaper? Would spraying be risky to the wallpaper as in would it cause it to bubble or lift because of the force from the airless sprayer? It would save me so much time if i could spray. Any advice much appreciated. Mick
cowboystevie2u Spray 2 x. Give first coat half hour. Re do then remove masking immediately. This is all general rule I’m telling you. You could go thicker on 1st coat. But if inexperienced, do 2.
Hi Spencer, great video and useful comments. For our wall we are changing the wallpaper and repainting the trim. Does it matter which order we do them?
Micheal Swiggs It’s an excellent question. 1. Over the course of the life of this new wallpaper, isn’t it true that you may in fact have to paint or desire to paint the trim again? For this reason, you could certainly choose either order. 2. However, which order is more practical? And the answer to that is that you should paint your trim first making sure that the semigloss trim paint does not go beyond the trim because the wallpaper will not stick to semigloss paint - and so if you happen to get semigloss paint on the walls, make sure that you then prime over that to make the surface porous. Or, make sure that you scratch the semigloss paint on your walls with a sanding sponge or sandpaper - to make it porous.
Are you painting over wallpaper? Is it possible in your budget to remove the wall paper. Always better idea. You will see the seams. Plus if not primed correctly it can bubble. If wallpaper was done by a pro it can be removed quite easily and with minimal damage to the wall.
My husband and i are remodeling a house right now and we sprayed the interior ceiling and walls first because of the fact that we needed to put our tile down and wood floors down before the trim now we are unsure of the right way to spray our trim without it being to much of a pain with the overspray on the walls...any good suggestions on how to go about painting our trim and how to prep it would be greatly appreciated!!
Hi can any1 help me out... I've got a 50ltr air compressor and I bought a 30 metre hose....when I tested it with my 1.3mm sealey hardly anything was coming out.....do I need to shorten my hose?
I’m surprised that you use contractor grade masking tape on floors. Do you ever have any problems with the finish on the floor coming up with the tape? I work in San Francisco with a lot of old homes and have had issues with that, even using delicate surface tape.
True true. But if someone has a laborer that can mask fast and a spray righ behind them and thousands of linear feet , a brush will be left in the dust. It's just a fact. But looking at the job in the video it looks too small to use a sprayer.
Can’t use standard masking tape. It bleeds. Plus the paper fits under the jamb. Run the paper as far under the jamb as possible. Run the blue tape up on the shoe 1/32. At the end blade the tape.
Ideally, you'll be working with a baseboard that is around 1/32"-1/16" off of the flooring. In that scenario, you'll just take your masking paper and tuck it under the baseboard then tack it down on the outside with some masking tape. Of course, that's not how it's going to go most of the time so he gives you some good pointers in this video. However, I personally would not use clear silicone caulk anywhere near highly visible areas of your project. You'll be able to easily pull up the thick bead but there will likely be thin spots on the baseboard where it will hold on and these areas will be obvious. Clear silicone can be a nightmare to remove
No disrespect I enjoy your professionalism and your videos I'm a pro painter for 30 years but the time it takes to tape all that off caulk set up the sprayer and clean up the sprayer I could have cut that Trim in by the time you finish prepping it. But I like the vid for your professionalism. 👍 Pro Painter from Maryland
I don’t like this video but it happens to be a video that is my top video made several years ago; I was painting a house for my friend for no cost and I never even got to show you how I spray the trim the video was interrupted and I agree with you my friend; it could’ve been done a lot better but, I mask off the floor and then I spray the bottom trim first mask that off and do the walls mask the walls and the trim off together and do the ceiling that was the point of that video that never came out
@@spencercolgan Thanks for the reply Spencer I'm about your age from what it looks like and I'm glad that we can be out still doing this type of work I love it it's my passion and I love your professionalism keep up the good work
Great video! I'm going to invest in that 3M tape gun. I've been masking first to get meticulously up to the trim, then following up with construction paper and tape again. Looks like I could get this all in one pass with that gun!
A real painter is someone that knows when to use a brush or use a spray gun. Anybody can pull a trigger, but a painter uses all the tools of the trade.
No matter what when it dries if you pay attention to detail you always gotta go back with something to clean up a few lines. Cut in brush, razor blade the tape lines here and there or you'll tear the paint up...something is always still needed
I have a dilemma, my painters left me with a sh*t show of a paint job. They sprayed my base boards, didn't do it right and rather than re-spraying, they went over it with a stiff brush that had old dried paint on it. So when they went over the base boards, you can see the paint strokes. After they've been in my house for over a month, I decided to get rid of them and now our furniture is back in the rooms. I don't like the paint strokes, looks very unprofessional. I want to redo them with a paint brush and get rid of the paint strokes. I know this is pain, but I know that I can lightly sand or wet sand the really bad spots on the boards. Since I am using latex trim paint, what is the right mixture of flowtrol to paint to get the paint to lay down on base boards and not drip?
Hysterical Sand with 220 grit. And then, wipe clean and apply your paint with a high-end quality paintbrush; I recommend a Purdy 3 inch angle sash brush; it’s approximately $17. Please look on my video Spencer Colgan - Painting master class in order to learn how to use the paint brush correctly; believe it or not it will make the difference. The proportion is right on the bottle that you are supposed to use. But I start out with a capful per quart. Has this helped you? Have my videos helped you? If so, if you have one minute, would you please give me a five star review and say some thing about my knowledge and/or videos or whatever? Here is the link if you would not mind www.google.com/search?q=tampa%20wallpaper%20installer&tbm=#fid=0x88c2e9ee0f87ebe3:0xfc23303692147800&fpstate=luuv&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipPEjkn4rzBIsqJVUBzPYatjXCbyoTltyDYxtdPt&lkt=LocalPoiReviews&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:18168418332679895040,rc_q:Spencer%2520Colgan%2520-%2520Wallpaper%2520Installer,ru_q:Spencer%2520Colgan%2520-%2520Wallpaper%2520Installer,trex_id:XCBBr&viewerState=lb
If you're a homeowner do it yourself or a painting those baseboard yourself you will have brush marks .. it takes a true pro to eliminate .. white sand brush strokes and dust.. thoroughly good luck!
I don't understand spraying trim in a house. I've done it with a fine finish tip and I still have paint powder settling everywhere in the house, in nooks and crannies. It's obvious to protect from paint splatters, but absolutely everything needs to be plastic-ed off for paint dust or maybe hoping the homeowner never really notices all that dust? I've noticed all these "painting of trim" videos are in an empty house. If I ever had someone spraying in my house without covering every conceivable surface I'd ring their neck or make them dust my entire home. Do you spray trim in a fully furnished house?
@@spencercolgan Good point about liability! I've even used a HVLP and it still makes dust. An airless would be irresponsible inside a furnished home I think. I just saw you posted a video about removing brush strokes I'm looking forward to watching!! Since I faux finish too, I've been using a softening brush over the brush strokes, like I did for some building statues, and couldn't see any strokes after. Thanks for sharing your hard work!
@@spencercolgan Previously painted antique 6ft fiberglass statues flanking an entrance to a Frank Lloyd Wright building, cracked, damaged, and failed paint. Impossible to spray because of highly detailed configuration. Powerwash, bondo repairs, sanding, primer, brushing, then softening brushes. Looks sprayed!
Hi Spencer. Love your videos. Since you do a lot of wallpaper and painting, I would love to see a how-to best practices video on how to mask and paint (spray and.brush roll) up to a textured wallpaper edge. Thanks!
Spencer, you have the military enbeded in you. May God bless you and your family. I've learned new tricks thanks to your time and effort in showing and making this video. Thank you, Sabino, NYC
You make a very valid point… However, spraying provides a qualitative difference in the finish… And the qualitative difference is superior than the use of a brush although with today’s brushes and with the rollers, you can pretty much come close to a spray like finish.
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I always paint trim first. Then back mask when painting walls and ceiling. Sharp straight lines every time. I never use blue tape. Never. I always prime trim first. Then paint. Then mask with regular tape. If you prime , your chance of peeling is low to negative . Great tutorial my Man. You know your job.👍
I use paper for drywall to slide under the base where I'm able to after I put the paper masking down. Get it as close as possible. Then use drywall seam tape to make up the differance. I use clear caulk to get a sharp line on top of the baseboard. True wherever my crisp line will meet something other than white trim I use clear caulk. But if the trim is white I do a super thin thin bit of caulk on green frog tape. Creates laser sharp lines. Hope that helps.
Hand masker!! Mind blown. How have I never heard of this! I need
Good tip Spencer, I'm a professional painter myself .
The caulking idea works and completely seals that gap between the base board and the floor.
I have caulked miles and miles of baseboard and it works just fine.
@@JTP1967 you mean that you've used clear caulk to mask? I've installed and painted miles and miles of baseboard and I've never once done that. If I'm installing, I'll usually give them a coat of primer and a coat of base before cutting then roll out some masking paper down the walls and drop the baseboard right on top of it. I don't doubt that the clear silicone method works but I know silicone (especially clear) is a bi*** to remove if it's not a perfect, thick bead. Do you use your finger or a tool or do you just run a bead with your gun? Also, I (like I'm sure you do) will pull all the trim work if I'm also to paint the walls. Then I can use my masking paper under the baseboard method when it's time to reinstall
@@dilldowschwagginz2674 I still use tape, but in order to prevent bleed through, especially on textured walls, I lay a small bead of clear caulking on the edge of the tape line. It fills all the voids and leaves a nice straight line. But just like you, I always pre-prime and even paint them before I install them. But there's always that inevitable instance where you have to paint them or touch them up in place for whatever reason.
Nice thing about using the caulking trick, I can lay paper down and mask the top with tape, lay a small bead of clear, and use a detail air sprayer and touch up everything to a nice finish. With the clear you don't have to worry if the tape is sealed tight cuz it seals the edge for you, don't have to worry about contrasting colors, and it leaves a nice crisp line. You do have to pull the tape off right away otherwise it will be a b**** to get it off.
The most stupid style of painting! Just an stupid will use clear silicon bay few rezone!
I use the same hand masker and spray all of my trim. The time it takes to mask is made up by the quality of the finished product. No brush strokes! A professional is not afraid to use products to up their game and create a quality job !
Tell em Steve!!!!
Steve Clark a real painter can use a brush and roller and leave no brush marks. Plus only assholes waste paper.
try to use floetrol with paint and you will never use airless sprayer for woodwork
@@HWDPiarz 👍🍻
For sure, I'd get kicked out of town if I brushed and rolled moldings, that's your neighborhood handy man garbage. When folks want high quality work they call me, and I'm booked out on average 3 months. If you do top notch work , you'll be known for it eventually. I could only imagine a million dollar home with Flotrol brushed moldings, you'd get sued here where I live.lol
I'm about to spray the baseboards and will be tucking thin ridged plastic under vs caulking them to the flooring
Great video, sir. Forget the negative comments and keep what you're doing. I'm a painter myself.
juan treviño he’s way better than some of the other yt clowns.
That caulk trip is priceless!
I honestly will be applying the technique with the tape. I have no problem using extra tape to get a nice tight fit as I hug the contour of the trim. Thank You!!
Yeah seriously, it's funny the people that think it's a competition to see who is best with a brush. Spray and tape looks better anyways, quality takes time and isn't always the cheapest.
Thanks for the video, Spencer. Do you have a video on spraying base boards
I do have a question I can't find a clear answer. I am about to spray my basement. Do I do prime -> texture -> paint or do I need to prime again after texture? How well will paint stick to texture mud? I don't want to have to prime twice but I can if needed.
Prime new texture .. spray and back roll finish one coat. Is primer and finish the same color this will work fine..
No you don't have to prime after finish
How do you protect tha paint on the wall if you’re doing tha trims?
Can you brush that paint on as well.?
Great video.... The caulk trick works incredibly well in a lot of areas need a clean line, and/or keeping the paint off neighboring trim/floor. But, if using a sprayer, how are you going to keep the over-spray off the walls???
You allow it! The next day you mask the trim and paint the walls with sprayer. The next day, you paint the ceilings masking the walls to the floor!
@@spencercolgan Well....as far as using a sprayer goes, I completely f**ked that up!...LOL. I may try that with the next room. I'll have to figure out what's easier, all the masking, or just using a brush. Not real happy with the brush, as I'm getting brush strokes, which has never happened to me before, so I'm struggling with how to get rid of those without going through the hassle of using a spray gun. Going to try a foam roller to see if that helps smooth it out. Thank you again, I've got a hand-masker on the way. I had no idea such a tool existed. That was worth the video in, and of, itself. 👍
I put the tape first hen hand masker so you get a cobble floor protection , then a non skid paint tarp on top of that, great video and good teaching in description of steps very good
Yeah I do that too sometimes. Good shout!
I only spray crown molding doors doorframes baseboards should be done last an by hand after walls are done due to paint always drips a little
How would you recommend painting ceiling? Roller or sprayer?
What is your strategy/approach then you need to to paint entire room - ceiling, crown molding, baseboards doors & door jams and the walls.
Flat on ceiling
Gloss on woodwork
Satin/eggshell on walls
In what order to paint to be most efficient?
Hi Spencer, thanks for making the video. What spray tip would you use? The one I am using just now has quite a big fan space and when I try to do skirtings, I need to tape around 2-3 feet back to avoid overspray on the floor. I think I need a more concentrated tip - if that makes sense? Do you have any good videos.
What tip do you use for interior trim. I used emerald interior latex with a 211 grace tip and had a bunch of clogs
Spraying base boards to me is the best, great all the way around no possible marks just a nice job that you can be proud of
that gap you referred to between trim and floor could be addressed via shoe molding too.
Do you ever use a spray guide to minimize overspray and increase productivity?
Absolutely
What do you cover the walls with?
How would you protect carpet flooring, since carpet is not flat surface tape won't work?
Do you do Faux Finishes, and Leafing ? Venetian plasters?
No never
what kind of tape are u using ? i was using the blue one but is more expensive that u have there
Is that a clear silicone or clear latex? Because I don't think silicon would be good to use, and I've never heard of silicone latex
Spencer what’s the operating pressure of your airless and the tip size of the gun?
I wish you had shown you applying the clear silicone, the brand of clear silicone and how you removed the silicone.
I find that standard masking tape bleeds too much.
I like 🐸 tape.
Great video, I’m learning a lot before I move into my first home. I’ll have carpet floors. How can I mask off the carpet before spraying?
Get masking paper and double up on the very edge of the carpet; masking paper on A3 M hand Masker; I have a video on it
How do you protect pot lights in the ceiling and ceiling fans , while using an airless paint sprayer to paint the ceiling. Is there a unique way of covering the fan and pot lights...Thanks ..Good video by the way.
1. Pull pot lights either completely out of ceiling if they remove, or pull down and wrap completely in brown paper...and stuff cavity of pot light with a wad of brown paper to protect socket. Wrap ceiling fans completely in plastic.
I’ve just started spraying what is better to tape up with brown paper or thin plastic.we have corex in the Uk which is black plastic about 3mm thick that see. To be better
I use paper if you don't pull the plastic. When the paint dries on it it's absolute mess. You have to pull plastic right away..
What Iike to do is get regular white writing paper and slide it as I'm going with the masker and putting it as I'm going and no caulking
Spencer, I decided I hated my 3 inch baseboard and crown modeling in my house, so I had it all taken out. I ordered all new 5 inch baseboard since I have 12 foot ceilings I thought it would look nice. My problem is I want to have it painted before it goes up. I just got through painting 6 rooms in my house and I'm done with trim/prepping work. I started painting with a brush on one board in my garage and decided I didn't like the brush strokes it was leaving, so I went to the local paint store and talked with the salesman and he guided me to a roller. I went home and didn't like the way the roller left small bumps, so I had to sand it all off. I've since read that air brushing is the best way, so I have a guy coming to my house to do that. I have 30 16 foot boards and I'm scared that dirt/debris will get on my newly painted boards as he says he will lay them out on my driveway on top of plastic. My question is, how do I touch up the boards after they put them back on? If I use a brush you will see strokes or a roller will be bumpy. What should I do? Very Nervous. Terri
Hi .. they make paint called " melamine " it's crazy stuff . I use it with a small mohair roller . Latterly looks better than sprayed
All I can say is Awesome job and thank you for sharing 👍🙏
Thank you sir!!!!
How do you protect the walls?
PLEAse watch this
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Can u put varnish in an airless sprayer
Yes sir. Please watch:
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Thank you
which is more advisable to paint the ceiling sprayer or use the roller 
I don't know how many years of experience you have Sr but the way I do it is I use the masking machine to go around the room leaving 1" away from the baseboard then I go back with 1.5 tape to finish taping so when I'm done I pull the tape and the paper same time is faster then the way you do it in I only have 5 yrs painting..
I love what you just wrote; but let me ask you something, why do you have to do that second step of putting that tape up against the baseboard?
@@spencercolgan to make sure to cover 100% of the floor
Try like I said and you don't have to pull the paper and then the tape when you can do it at one time
Elias Sanchez
So you’re saying leave a little space between the masking paper and the baseboard, and then just put a single strip of tape over the floor just near the baseboard and this will pull up the masking paper and everything else? Sounds like a great idea
@@spencercolgan yes sir because is more easy to handle the tape then the paper masking and you don't need clear caulking that saves you time..
I like laying down 1/2" masking tape first then come over that with the hand masker then lo velosity paint spray and also same way on the wall. The 1/2" tape first gives you a finer edge but it's a bit more work Thanks great video.
Thank you for watching.
I would like to see a video showing the caulking and then removing of the caulk.
TheSTEVEGIANTS good point
I would also like to see that. Because he doesn't mention how much of a pain in the ass it will be removing it let alone if there is any caulk left after pulling up the tape...this is a bad example for taping off baseboards.
Please leek up spencer colgan painting master class. You will see great stuff.
See below please my answer.
Interesting video. When I have skirting boards (trim) on a wooden floor where there are gaps between, I flip the paper around and feed it under the boards. Saves tacking down the paper again and you don't need to redo the edges.
I also don't caulk the bottom of the trim because wooden floors generally have an element of vertical movement (depending on how they were put down, if there's any form of underlay etc), and as you say, it'll crack later on.
Anywhere I can get tape under the trim, the mouldings of the architraves for example, then I'll do it. Normally with Clean Edge 2" tape.
I'm not such a fan of the standard white masking tape on wooden floors, I had a couple of examples some years ago when it took the surface laquer off or left a residue. I find Tessa tape or Clean Edge work well.
Great thing with our trade is that there's often more than 1 way of doing a job, it's just about finding works well for you and provides the finish the client is happy with.
kinesis28
Thank you very much for this helpful, comment. I love your idea of sliding the masquing underneath the skirting board. In this particular instance, it was not possible because the skirting board touches the floor almost everywhere and this is an imitation wood floor - it’s actually Vinyl
THANKS KINESIS28 YOU ARE BRILLIANT! "FLIP THE TAPE AND SLIDE UNDER THE BASE BOARDS! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve done that trick a lot on in even floors. Shoe molding helps when it’s being used.
Caulk the trim to floor is crazy
If I spray trim next to a smooth wall, and roll the wall later, will the overspray from spraying the trim leave a noticeable line on the wall?
Good question; absolutely yes, you will have an overspray and that’s why we do it not caring about the overspray because the next day we tape off the trim which is done the previous day and then we spray the wall
In this case, what do you want to do is tape off the wall and the floor isolating your trim and spray it
Ok. Thanks for your answer. I wasn’t worried about color getting onto the wall because I’m going to paint/roll the walls afterwards. I just know how smooth walls are terrible for showing different textures like brush marks and didn’t know if the spray edged would show through after everything was painted. But I would imagine the roller nap will cover it up. Just never sprayed trim after it was installed, thought I would give it a try. Thanks for the tips.
Did you tape the walls also with that taping tool?
No sir. Good question. No need to. Because, you can get paint onto the wall. Why? Because you can paint the wall after the woodwork while you mask the woodwork when it dries.
@@spencercolgan gotcha..makes sense
Good stuff! I prefer to use my 5in1 to push the tape into the corners. Also any reason to not use blue tape? I’ve found the white is a pain to remove.
Matt, the blue tape is expen$Ive and I have found that if you don’t remove the blue tape right away, it’s a pain to remove! Cheers pal!!
How do you prevent over spray
What I did and explain in this video is that the rest of the floor was being covered with brown construction paper; but the masking in this video is how you would mask for rolling or brushing your woodwork
Good video accept, I slide sections of tap under the base to keep paint off floor.
To your credit most painters paint the floor under the base caused by flooring change.
Do you use Flow to your paint?
Oh yes
Spencer, thanks for the tips. I did as you Said. Just One question:
I sanded the Trim (Wood trim not painted) and sprayed primer (water based). After that i sprayed first coat with Paint for Wood (water based). I did it with tip 311 on the Wagner 350 on the Trim and all the Doors.
I have runs all Over the place ONLY when i spray the Paint after the primer. Can you help?
joao ferraz
1. This could be a couple of things: number one, did you spray too much of the product on? Only you would know; number two what is the Sheen Of the surface you sprayed it on? Did that need to be sanded or a scarf that before you sprayed it on? There is a chance it’s too slippery and it’s just running off - please let me know
Was the primer dry? Are you costing too heavy? I rarely ever have drips. That's usually caused by too much paint, or previous coat not dry enough for final coat.
Bro don't ask that stupid guy anymore! Will be worst!!!! Hi is not professional!!!!
Why isopropyl alcohol? Not denatured? What strength of isopropyl?
Please give me the context of what I said in this video now, nearly 2 years old. Thank you so much
@@spencercolgan Thank you--at 4:37 you talk about cleaning the wood work with isopropyl alcohol.
You need the gap for the seasons when the house expands and contracts. White bathroom silicone on white skirtings is good because the silicone wont crack the same way as caulk does. It will fill the gap flawlessly.
I'm not a painter, but all the time I have to fix they job. My respect for real people who did good paint jobs.
Jesus Hernandez la Mayoría de Ispanos que pintan en apartamentos son bien cochinos no usan nada solo la espralladora i la brocha
Very well done my friend.
When using an airless sprayer do you know what causes fingering? Is it the sprayer, tip or pressure? How can it be fixed?
I’m
Painting trim now with a graco airless paint sprayer. Im finding the paint is going on to thick. What tip do you use? Thanks I just found your channel- so I’m going through ur videos now. Maybe u made one on this topic.
211 black tip. Or. FF FINE finish tip low pressure.
@@spencercolgan thank you
Will be your biggest tip. Make sure you strain your paint two or three times cuz it's going to clogged many times. If you're old like me you will get pissed off.😂 Have fun painting
He probably will have to cut it just a pinch. I find that helps too
How would you recommend masking a carpeted room?
Same way...double up on the tape. I have a video on it.
@@spencercolgan thanks for quick reply. Prepped one room today, scraped popcorn off ceiling, gonna have to plaster a bit. I’ll watch more of your videos tonight
Great tips. What do you do with the wall above the baseboard not to get paint spray on it?
Thank you ! You wait for the next day, put tape and masking dig paper right over the newly painted surface, draping brown masking paper over it, tape it to the floor, and spray your wall!
@@spencercolgan Thanks for getting back so quickly. lol, I think you misunderstood my question or I did not make myself clear. While you're spraying baseboard the wall will get sprayed also above the baseboard. This I want to prevent. Thanks.
US Marine Patriot Very good; this video was made in order to paint the entire house, starting at the baseboard, then the walls, then the ceiling so if you wanted to prevent ideas where you would do you would simply put tape right above the trim and bring masking plastic or paper above it or a shield
@@spencercolgan OK, now I understand, I only need to repaint my baseboard, now I know what to do. Thank you so much. Lesson learned; I should have painted baseboard first lol. Thanks again.
Great video, i learned so much just from this one tip, thank you Sir.
Hi Spencer
Can i ask your advice please. Im currently on a job where the customer requested i paint over her wallpaper. I have primed the wallpaper with zinsser wallpaper cover up which is great stuff. my question is i wanted to spray the skirting and dado rail before i top coat the walls but i was worried about saturation of overspray on the wallpaper? Would spraying be risky to the wallpaper as in would it cause it to bubble or lift because of the force from the airless sprayer? It would save me so much time if i could spray. Any advice much appreciated.
Mick
So do you only spray once. Or do you leave all that masking down and spray a second coat when the first has dried.
cowboystevie2u
Spray 2 x. Give first coat half hour. Re do then remove masking immediately. This is all general rule I’m telling you. You could go thicker on 1st coat. But if inexperienced, do 2.
Hi Spencer, great video and useful comments.
For our wall we are changing the wallpaper and repainting the trim. Does it matter which order we do them?
Micheal Swiggs
It’s an excellent question.
1. Over the course of the life of this new wallpaper, isn’t it true that you may in fact have to paint or desire to paint the trim again? For this reason, you could certainly choose either order.
2. However, which order is more practical? And the answer to that is that you should paint your trim first making sure that the semigloss trim paint does not go beyond the trim because the wallpaper will not stick to semigloss paint - and so if you happen to get semigloss paint on the walls, make sure that you then prime over that to make the surface porous. Or, make sure that you scratch the semigloss paint on your walls with a sanding sponge or sandpaper - to make it porous.
Are you painting over wallpaper? Is it possible in your budget to remove the wall paper. Always better idea. You will see the seams. Plus if not primed correctly it can bubble. If wallpaper was done by a pro it can be removed quite easily and with minimal damage to the wall.
My husband and i are remodeling a house right now and we sprayed the interior ceiling and walls first because of the fact that we needed to put our tile down and wood floors down before the trim now we are unsure of the right way to spray our trim without it being to much of a pain with the overspray on the walls...any good suggestions on how to go about painting our trim and how to prep it would be greatly appreciated!!
You could spray the trim before installing it. And touch up the holes afterwards. That's what I would do.
Hi can any1 help me out...
I've got a 50ltr air compressor and I bought a 30 metre hose....when I tested it with my 1.3mm sealey hardly anything was coming out.....do I need to shorten my hose?
I’m surprised that you use contractor grade masking tape on floors. Do you ever have any problems with the finish on the floor coming up with the tape? I work in San Francisco with a lot of old homes and have had issues with that, even using delicate surface tape.
How do you prep the same way on Carpeted floors?
Great question! Same way, double paper; get the tape deep beneath the wood and the carpet.
different tape
Do you sand old paint before spraying?
Ryan Mc
Yes Ryan. Please sand with a Med 3M sanding sponge.
@@spencercolgan what grit?
What sprayer tip are you using
211
What is the best type of paint to use on trim, is it high gloss, semi gloss, or satin?
Semi gloss is my go to
But it depends on the job
If it's high end semi gloss amd gloss for low end jobs satin works well
Homesteading 101
Nothing like a high shine of your trim is flawless. If it has typical dents and dings, use satin.
Paint brush, paint retarder, painters blade and a wet rag will do the same no brush marks job in half of the time, I been painting for 20+ years
Can you make a video and show that process?
I'd seriously doubt it. I know a painter that's done it for 30 years and still isnt a professional....
True true. But if someone has a laborer that can mask fast and a spray righ behind them and thousands of linear feet , a brush will be left in the dust. It's just a fact. But looking at the job in the video it looks too small to use a sprayer.
Can’t use standard masking tape. It bleeds. Plus the paper fits under the jamb. Run the paper as far under the jamb as possible. Run the blue tape up on the shoe 1/32. At the end blade the tape.
i stayed once i saw the haircut. dude means business
What airless tip are you going to use (211, 213)?
How thick is the color?
Shahar Dror
Graco 395. Tip 210
Lol neither🤣 ...411 fine finish my choice
Ideally, you'll be working with a baseboard that is around 1/32"-1/16" off of the flooring. In that scenario, you'll just take your masking paper and tuck it under the baseboard then tack it down on the outside with some masking tape. Of course, that's not how it's going to go most of the time so he gives you some good pointers in this video. However, I personally would not use clear silicone caulk anywhere near highly visible areas of your project. You'll be able to easily pull up the thick bead but there will likely be thin spots on the baseboard where it will hold on and these areas will be obvious. Clear silicone can be a nightmare to remove
Nice video,I would like to see more,I am a painter too,Where do you live?
Henry C.
Brooksville Florida. Thank you Henry.
@@twojesusthroughmary5501 Very nice,Greeting from south Carolina.Please make more video.
Tape only first, then paper, much easier.
Jo B Productions use a tape machine.
Yes!🫶
No disrespect I enjoy your professionalism and your videos I'm a pro painter for 30 years but the time it takes to tape all that off caulk set up the sprayer and clean up the sprayer I could have cut that Trim in by the time you finish prepping it.
But I like the vid for your professionalism. 👍
Pro Painter from Maryland
I don’t like this video but it happens to be a video that is my top video made several years ago; I was painting a house for my friend for no cost and I never even got to show you how I spray the trim the video was interrupted and I agree with you my friend; it could’ve been done a lot better but, I mask off the floor and then I spray the bottom trim first mask that off and do the walls mask the walls and the trim off together and do the ceiling that was the point of that video that never came out
@@spencercolgan
Thanks for the reply Spencer I'm about your age from what it looks like and I'm glad that we can be out still doing this type of work I love it it's my passion and I love your professionalism keep up the good work
@@kent7525 yes sir! And thank you very much for your criticism because I agree. I completely agree
Great video! I'm going to invest in that 3M tape gun. I've been masking first to get meticulously up to the trim, then following up with construction paper and tape again. Looks like I could get this all in one pass with that gun!
Hey Einstein, any other astute observations? Sounds like you are the smartest guy on earth.
A real painter is someone that knows when to use a brush or use a spray gun. Anybody can pull a trigger, but a painter uses all the tools of the trade.
I take it you have a spray unit then?
No, I have spray units. 31 years experience and a industry educator for the past 10 years in several parts of the World.
Good job sir. Dont mind the negative comments.
Brian Cranston paints now?
Thank you for informations Greetings from Algeria
No matter what when it dries if you pay attention to detail you always gotta go back with something to clean up a few lines. Cut in brush, razor blade the tape lines here and there or you'll tear the paint up...something is always still needed
Daddydollaboi 80 100% true, no floor is perfect and you’re gonna have bleed some places and some not.
I have a dilemma, my painters left me with a sh*t show of a paint job. They sprayed my base boards, didn't do it right and rather than re-spraying, they went over it with a stiff brush that had old dried paint on it. So when they went over the base boards, you can see the paint strokes. After they've been in my house for over a month, I decided to get rid of them and now our furniture
is back in the rooms. I don't like the paint strokes, looks very unprofessional. I want to redo them with a paint brush and get rid of the paint strokes. I know this is pain, but I know that I can lightly sand or wet sand the really bad spots on the boards. Since I am using latex trim paint, what is the right mixture of flowtrol to paint to get the paint to lay down on base boards and not drip?
Hysterical
Sand with 220 grit. And then, wipe clean and apply your paint with a high-end quality paintbrush; I recommend a Purdy 3 inch angle sash brush; it’s approximately $17.
Please look on my video Spencer Colgan - Painting master class in order to learn how to use the paint brush correctly; believe it or not it will make the difference.
The proportion is right on the bottle that you are supposed to use. But I start out with a capful per quart.
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@@spencercolgan Thank you for your response. Will attempt your solution later this week.
If you're a homeowner do it yourself or a painting those baseboard yourself you will have brush marks .. it takes a true pro to eliminate .. white sand brush strokes and dust.. thoroughly good luck!
For flooring u always used blue tape not white.why because white tape can be meses up the wood floor
I don't understand spraying trim in a house. I've done it with a fine finish tip and I still have paint powder settling everywhere in the house, in nooks and crannies. It's obvious to protect from paint splatters, but absolutely everything needs to be plastic-ed off for paint dust or maybe hoping the homeowner never really notices all that dust? I've noticed all these "painting of trim" videos are in an empty house. If I ever had someone spraying in my house without covering every conceivable surface I'd ring their neck or make them dust my entire home. Do you spray trim in a fully furnished house?
Mary, absolutely not! No spraying while either fully furnished or people living there. Way too much liability.
@@spencercolgan Good point about liability! I've even used a HVLP and it still makes dust. An airless would be irresponsible inside a furnished home I think. I just saw you posted a video about removing brush strokes I'm looking forward to watching!! Since I faux finish too, I've been using a softening brush over the brush strokes, like I did for some building statues, and couldn't see any strokes after. Thanks for sharing your hard work!
Mary What type of statues???!!!
@@spencercolgan Previously painted antique 6ft fiberglass statues flanking an entrance to a Frank Lloyd Wright building, cracked, damaged, and failed paint. Impossible to spray because of highly detailed configuration. Powerwash, bondo repairs, sanding, primer, brushing, then softening brushes. Looks sprayed!
What about the wall
Hi Spencer. Love your videos. Since you do a lot of wallpaper and painting, I would love to see a how-to best practices video on how to mask and paint (spray and.brush roll) up to a textured wallpaper edge.
Thanks!
How to use tape
👍🏼 Thanks for this great content! 🌟 💘 ✔️
Spencer, you have the military enbeded in you. May God bless you and your family.
I've learned new tricks thanks to your time and effort in showing and making this video.
Thank you,
Sabino, NYC
Thank you so much!!
God bless YOU.
masking tape?
Yes
How do you paint over oak that has been varnished?
sand it down some (rough it up), then use a good primer, then after that, use a good paint for your top coat.
I would have painted the casing with a brush in the time it took him to tape that small area.
Where may I meet you to give you a solo ovation.
I have to agree with you, 2' paint guard for the floor and a 2 1/2" sash brush! Time it's taped, retaped and caulked I'd be in the next room!
Probably the most shocking masking up I have ever seen!! I would love to see what your wallpapering looks like
Lmao
Tape , paint , then clear caulk . After they made me caulk a whole house of 1×4 moulding
I could cut that trim in with a brush in 10 minutes. Nice clean cut and on to the next room. What he's doing is triple the work.
That hand masker is some of the best money I ever spent.
For real!!! I love mine, about to buy 2 more!! Way easier than swapping masking and tapes.
Just not sure if it’s worth all the prep work if you can whip through it was a wiz and brush
You make a very valid point… However, spraying provides a qualitative difference in the finish… And the qualitative difference is superior than the use of a brush although with today’s brushes and with the rollers, you can pretty much come close to a spray like finish.
Strve Sit oh yeah? I disagree. You’re from the UK. you’ve got lots of bumpy skirting. Here. Most of it is smooth. Please think about that.
Strve Sit hi. You have 2 brother, painting & decorating from UK. EXCELLENT CHANNEL. ALL THEIR PRIJECTS MUST BE IN OLD HOMES