Can you use canned spray paint for trim?

04-07-2008, 04:16 PM	#1
tomatolater Newbie   Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	Can you use canned spray paint for trim? This may be a stupid question, but I have looked all over for an answer and found nothing. We are installing new baseboards, casing, crown moulding and doors in our 1200 sqft home. (This was a necessity since we ripped down old paneling and put up drywall). We bought pre-primed mdf trim (wood trim for bathrooms). Can we just line up all of the trim pieces and hit them with a can of spray paint? (I'm not talking about the nice wonderful pro spray guns) I like the flow that sprayed trim has (and the potential to save some time), but I certainly don't want to use something that may give me trouble down the road and I think that a paint sprayer is a little out of the budget seeing as it would be used for this alone. Any thoughts?

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04-07-2008, 08:34 PM	#2
slickshift Tired, Cold, and Damp     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 3,089	Can you use canned spray paint for trim? It's an expensive way to go, but you could use a metal and wood enamel that comes in a spray can You'll be limited to solvent based coatings so you should re-prime with alkyd And as it'll take several light coats of the enamel I don't think it's going to save any time realistically But the answer to your question is yes

04-08-2008, 12:10 PM	#3
tomatolater Newbie   Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	Can you use canned spray paint for trim? That was just the piece of info I was looking for. I think I'll skip the spray paint. Thanks so much!