[Brad_DIY]

Hey Everyone!

So, I am getting ready to paint my upstairs of my (new to me) house when I realize that white/off white moulding would make the upstairs look pretty nice.

All of the trim is semi dark oak, decent shape.

I am going to have to replace all the doors as they are in rough shape, hollow core so they have dent/cracks and deep scratches.

One plan of attack was to keep all the trim hung and paint it, including door jambs, just put in a new door slab.

The next idea was to remove all the trim, paint it in my garage, put it back up. Going this route I would just buy prehung doors as I don't know how good I am at cutting door hinges out of a slab :smile:

So each way has its own pros and cons, but looking for advice from other who might have been down this path.

One more thing, I did attempt to paint this similar dark trim in a downstairs room, two coats of latex kilz - darkness bled through, so another piece I had to use three coats of oil based kilz before it did not bleed through.

Maybe kilz wasn't the right stuff, but going through that took more time than I cared to spend, so in that room I bought poplar and just replaced it all. It did cost more and I did have to teach myself how to use a miter saw, but it turned out nice ( at least I seem to get alot of complements on it ! )

Thanks in advance !

- Brad

 

[chrisn]

Ditch the kills and use Cover Stain, one coat ,done.

 

[chrisn]

can you read the label?:vs_laugh:

 

[joecaption]

I'd just remove the whole thing and install new prehung doors.
Far faster then trying to bore and set new hinges and latches.

 

[Brad_DIY]

Does the Zinsser lay smooth or does it need sanded smooth? the kilz needed sanded down pretty good before I even though about putting the SW gloss paint on it.

I'd just remove the whole thing and install new prehung doors.
Far faster then trying to bore and set new hinges and latches.

In the other room, when removing the old trim, the nails were good old fashion finish nails, trim was tight.

After installing the new trim with a nail gun, I feel like I had to use alot more nails than what the old stuff had, it just felt like the nail gun didn't hold strong...the nails are very smooth, do they make finishing nails which have a better hold? I was sure to hit the wall studs as I marked and verified before hanging the trim.

 

[chrisn]

The CoverStain should be sanded but it sands easily.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Unless you planned on spraying it no way would I remove it.