One Of Our Interior Repaints From Start To Finish
Step One, Protection Of Surfaces
Drop cloths are places throughout the areas being painted. Paint supplies are contained on drop sheets as well. The floors are taped off along the baseboard edge.
Step Two, Preparing The Surfaces
It’s not uncommon for walls to look like they have a case of the chicken pocks by the time we are done patching them. Over time your walls get small nicks and dings, you may not even be aware of many of them until it is time to paint.
We give all walls and surfaces a light sanding before we do any painting. We had to do some heavier sanding on many areas of these walls to try and smooth them out. There were issues from previous painting work.
The baseboards in this condo had never been caulked. Caulking the corners, joints, and especially the top of the baseboards makes a remarkable improvement in the finished look. See how before the caulking the crack between the top of the baseboard and wall is visible. A smooth bead of caulking is applied to the top of the boards before any surfaces are painted. Any other imperfections in baseboards or trims are patched and sanded. A light overall sanding is done to them as well to ensure smooth surfaces.
Here are some before and after pictures showing the difference with and with out caulking.
The same procedure is done for window and door trims. Here you can see the door trim looks unfinished. Again caulking is put between the edge of the trim and the wall. The end result is much more aesthetically pleasing. Window trims are done in the same way.
Step Three, The Painting
Two coats of paint are applied to the baseboards and trims. The walls are done last. A sharp cut in line is done along the top of the baseboard, covering up the part of the caulking that slightly over lapped onto the wall. When completed it gives a seamless clean look.
Unless we are repainting with the same colour, we apply two coats of paint on the walls, sometimes more coats are required. After the trims and baseboards are painted and allowed to dry, the walls get painted. Clean up begins and then the work is complete!
Here is a full photo gallery of the before and after photos for this project.
