How To Paint Interior House Trim?

This guide teaches you how to paint trim and baseboards like an expert, from picking the right paint to applying the final coat. Painting trim adds crisp lines to interiors and separates different room colors. It is easy to learn how to paint trim the professional way, but achieving professional-quality results requires more than just a brush and some paint.

To get started, gather your supplies, including caulk, a sanding block, painters tape, a sponge, Benjamin Moore Fresh Start® primer, and Benjamin Moore. Painting interior trim can completely change the look and feel of a room, brighten the space, or make it more elegant. To achieve professional-quality results, take proper safety precautions, mask off the trim, clean the woodwork, and use a damp sponge to clear any imperfections.

Pour thoroughly mixed paint into a clean paint tray, dip no more than an inch of the angled paint brush into the paint, wipe away excess, and apply paint to the trim using short, horizontal brush strokes. Repeat the motion until a few feet of trim (not the full length) are covered in paint. Use a waterbased alkyd paint that is durable, hard, self-leveling, washable, and infinitely more user-friendly.

When painting interior trim and baseboards, take proper safety precautions, such as washing the trim, sanding the trim properly, filling any holes, and applying a heavy prime coat of alkyd. If you want to just paint the trim, scuff the surface with a damp sponge.