Spray vs. Brush on Trim and Doors.

[Jason@API]

I wrote a blog about brushing and spraying trim & doors.

Check it out:

Quote:This seems to be a common question from home owners and I hope I can help clarify what exactly it is you want from your painter in regards to spraying or brushing trim and doors. Continued here: http://agapepaintinginc.com/sprayed-brus...rior-trim/

Blogging Painters also posted it to their site:
http://bloggingpainters.com/2011/11/24/spray-vs-roll/
btw... Chris gave it the wrong title. It should say "spray vs. brush"

[Cal]

(11-25-2011 01:37 PM)Jason@API Wrote:  I wrote a blog about brushing and spraying trim & doors.

Check it out:

Quote:This seems to be a common question from home owners and I hope I can help clarify what exactly it is you want from your painter in regards to spraying or brushing trim and doors. Continued here: http://agapepaintinginc.com/sprayed-brus...rior-trim/

Blogging Painters also posted it to their site:
http://bloggingpainters.com/2011/11/24/spray-vs-roll/
btw... Chris gave it the wrong title. It should say "spray vs. brush"

Great info. J. !
Adding to my blog response right here...not wanting to include this below your very helpful article...

Quote:Out of the ORDINARY~
Can recall one interior paint job in particular that had us realing with confusion at first. Homeowner had replaced small 2 1/2" Colonial trim with 3 1/2" clear pine to be painted, in a fairly new upscale home. Hiring us to paint complete interior, walls, ceilings, trim, and doors, we came in and puttied, sanded, primed trim first with XIM latex primer, then next day sprayed 2 coats wet on dry Sherwin-Williams Pro Classic w/ gloss finish. Looked great, however looking closer, trim appeared to have long horizontal sags in paint! Homeowner questioned if we sanded properly, primed adequately, or questioned our paint process in general. Going back, sanding out a small section, respraying primer and paint, getting same results, called our paint rep in for another set of eyes, finding it was the grain in the pine lumber, which lumberyard took full responsibility replacing, and costs painting once again. Come to find out lumber mill's knives were dull, thereby causing harder grain in pine to be raised up just a tad, magnifying this as we sanded before primer/paint, experiencing a very isolated case, caulking up to an experience I'll never forget.

[Jason@API]

(11-28-2011 05:38 PM)Cal Wrote:  

(11-25-2011 01:37 PM)Jason@API Wrote:  I wrote a blog about brushing and spraying trim & doors.

Check it out:

Quote:This seems to be a common question from home owners and I hope I can help clarify what exactly it is you want from your painter in regards to spraying or brushing trim and doors. Continued here: http://agapepaintinginc.com/sprayed-brus...rior-trim/

Blogging Painters also posted it to their site:
http://bloggingpainters.com/2011/11/24/spray-vs-roll/
btw... Chris gave it the wrong title. It should say "spray vs. brush"

Great info. J. !
Adding to my blog response right here...not wanting to include this below your very helpful article...

Quote:Out of the ORDINARY~
Can recall one interior paint job in particular that had us realing with confusion at first. Homeowner had replaced small 2 1/2" Colonial trim with 3 1/2" clear pine to be painted, in a fairly new upscale home. Hiring us to paint complete interior, walls, ceilings, trim, and doors, we came in and puttied, sanded, primed trim first with XIM latex primer, then next day sprayed 2 coats wet on dry Sherwin-Williams Pro Classic w/ gloss finish. Looked great, however looking closer, trim appeared to have long horizontal sags in paint! Homeowner questioned if we sanded properly, primed adequately, or questioned our paint process in general. Going back, sanding out a small section, respraying primer and paint, getting same results, called our paint rep in for another set of eyes, finding it was the grain in the pine lumber, which lumberyard took full responsibility replacing, and costs painting once again. Come to find out lumber mill's knives were dull, thereby causing harder grain in pine to be raised up just a tad, magnifying this as we sanded before primer/paint, experiencing a very isolated case, caulking up to an experience I'll never forget.

Wow!

I have seen that raised grain on pine trim before. Totally understand your situation. Thankfully the lumberyard bucked up and took responsibility.

[Cal]

(11-29-2011 02:57 PM)Jason@API Wrote:  Wow!

I have seen that raised grain on pine trim before. Totally understand your situation. Thankfully the lumberyard bucked up and took responsibility.

haha, glad I'm not the only one that has ever seen this. Hopefully you pointed this out before any work began. But hey, experiences, experiences, we live and learn. Was fortunate lumberyard took the heat on this one. After sales rep convinced homeowner, lumberyard rep came out, who I met, and said the same thing. The yard purchased from mill who was indeed responsible, but yard paid, as they did not check quality of stock.

Wheeu, getting back to your blog article, very well laid out, and useful info. for all to read, great points "spray vs. brush" I must say!