How To Prep Stained Wood Trim For Painting

Paint adheres well over water-based stain so after completing the prep steps outlined above apply a.
How to prep stained wood trim for painting. Apply primer to trim covering any bare wood and spackled areas. Allow primer to dry for 24 hours. Thoroughly mix the primer with a paint stick and pour a small amount into a paint tray.
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. Its All in The Prep The prep work is a big reason why converting stained trim to painted is so labor intensive. 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.
Use latex primer and paint when painting over a water-based wood stain. After the Bins dries very lightly sand it again with 220-400 paper or 40 steel wool. In this DIY I show you how I paint wood trim.
It will be smooth as glass. You can use both water-based and oil-based primers on previously varnished surfaces. PRIME the trim with BINs Bullseye pigmented shellac.
The very first thing you need to do is clean everything for that I use Krud Kutter. You dont have to worry about being. Apply stain-blocking primer to the trim.
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. After the drying period if bare wood or spackle is showing apply another coat of primer to the trim. Use a stiff putty knife to scrape loose paint to the bare wood.