Jobsite Sequencing: INTERIORS - What to Paint First? 

The one thing I've learned to count on painting is no matter how much planning you do, and procedures you put in place you gotta be flexable as most every job throws a curve ball effectively changing your approach. Great video! We know you really care Chris. 😉

I feel like I’ve been painting for years after watching your videos. I’m currently remodeling my house and I’ve got about 2500 sf to paint. Following your examples everything is masked and all my doors are set up in the middle of the rooms with door hinge brackets holding them in place. Everything has been sanded and I have two wood paneled rooms as well. Plan it to spray the wood paneling, then doors, then trim with Zinsser BIN then go back over with latex semigloss. Roll the ceilings then the walls. It’s taken me a week to do all of this masking myself. I sanded and painted my kitchen cabinets with an airless sprayer and the finish is awesome. I’m hoping to achieve the same finish on the rest of the project, but it’s through your videos that I’ve become a better painter. Thanks Chris!

Procedures in order as such; Ceilings, Door frames, Walls and than baseboards. Of course it varies if it's new construction, repaints and anything that is bare goes first

Ive painted for over 15 years and i now work at a manufacturing plant called Muller industries ive been here going on 5 years and i will tell you to this day i still paint on the side and absolutely love it enjoy just letting go and being myself in my on Bob Ross world keep up the good work guys truly enjoy the tips.

I wanted to take a second and give you guys a Super Thank you for this channel. I'm starting my painting company and the guidance you guys are giving is unmatched, Thank you again I really appreciate this channel

I've been painting for over 7 years and to this day I always think of what to paint first. Haha still gets done at the end of the day though ;) keep up with the awesome tips guys!

Hi Chris. Just want to say a big thanks for your videos. I wanted to have a go at spray painting a house interior years ago and found your videos fantastic and gave me the confidence to buy a spray gun to have a go. I did this thinking it would be a one off and would never use it again, however I have used it to paint the interior and exterior of 3 houses since then. Just wanted to say a huge thank you.

Love your videos. As a painter myself, I'm still learning and your videos help. Thanks

Great videos, answer questions that not everyone thinks to ask. Thank you. Oh BTW my partner loves that you always use the word 'yo' randomly while giving a low down. Great stuff guys thanks again for the help.

As long as ur having fun, the paint don't run and the job gets done 👍

"if you haven't we don't care." hahaha yessss!!

First time home owner. Thank you for this and other videos. God bless.

Would love to see a video on painting a large ceiling that requires scaffolding to get to.

Is it just me or, are the pics in the background not equal distance apart. It's killing me. Lol. I'm a pro painter, good stuff guys.

If im doing ceiling, walls and trim, I almost always spray the ceiling first. As long as i got my floors covered (if needed) then im not worried much about some over spray since everything else below it is going to be getting fresh paint, and since ceiling paint is almost always pure white, it covers easily. but then I spray trim, then cut and roll walls.

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Que bueno por fin en español así aprendemos también los alumnos en línea .Sigan así Felix

Nice cool video 👍 Professionals as always! The gooseneck guy! Cheers!

Thanks for wearing clean hats and shirts!!!

I am a first-time homebuyer and I have been watching your video's non-stop! Thanks!. The house will be vacant for 2 months before I move in and I would love for you to cover a scenario where discuss your "what to paint first" process for the following. Ceilings/trim/baseboards white and walls a second color. Also, I will be caulking all the baseboards. I would love to hear the fastest/easiest masking & paint process with rolling walls and ceiling, but spraying trim.

I always finnish the trim first and spray celing cornice/corners and roll. Doors depending on space and how much stufg is in there

Thank you! Planning to finally start painting my interior on my 1493 sq. ft. house. Been wondering how I would attack this. I have an airless sprayer, but wondered about clean up and finish. I was thinking about spraying the ceiling and power rolling the walls. Anyhow, great content and thanks!

Thank you for your time!

Let’s not forget the jobs where you go into a home to prep and you find heavy furniture that is full of the customers personal belongings. They want you to handle everything which I don’t like to do. I feel that it’s the customers responsibility to secure valuable items and remove framed pictures off the walls and book cases too. If I have to do it I’ll charge for the extra time.

"If you didn't like it we don't care" love it. My scenario I would like your advice on is , white wood work, white ceilings and white walls. Sounds simple but I'm in the uk and our paints are not the same as US or even Europe. So paint for trim is not simple to find for a sprayer. Help with paint choice is the main area I need help with, as well as order. The UK is still fixated on oil based paint

I've watched many of your tutorials and ultimately they led me to purchase a sprayer to complete my basement. I sprayed it with primer and used a flat paint for my ceilings, also sprayed, back rolling everything, and so far it looks great. The Sprayer has saved me hours of work and with a newly built basement, the overspray is less of a concern for me so it was a huge benefit to use! I almost started spraying my walls but after watching this video I'm going to roll them, thanks for the advice.

Spraying trim first over spray helps your brush glide nice while cutting in also

The way I got toughed by a guy who been painting for over 50 years and it makes sense like this , u start from top to bottom and the most paint u have goes first, cealings, walls , trim goes last

Topics to discuss: In a new construction house with 4 colors : ceiling, wall, trim, and stained wood floor. questions I have are what gets installed when? hang doors with trim then install flloors or hang doors lay floor partially finish then trim .... What are your thoughts? thanks Jim

Hey guys! Keep up the good work. I’ve been following you guys now for over 2 years. Have learned a lot. On the first of June, I have 2000 sq ft project where the lady wants everything whitened out. Also she wants the same paint for walls and ceiling(same sheen, eggshell/satin) , then of course all doors and trims. How would you go about it??

That’s totally my situation! Orange peel textured walls. Thanks a ton. I was thinking about spraying the whole house haha

I try to spray the trims first, walls second and ceiling last. Easiest way to mask that way

Try using 3x300 reinforced construction paper and use a scissor. Looking at the closet floor there are like 20 pieces of masking paper. Use 1 piece of construction. Paper cut out the doorway notch with the scissor and put your masking paper around the edges be sure to tack it down. Time is $$$ cut down on masking time.

Remodel Scenario - How to paint? Want to leave baseboard and door trim off till wood floor and tile go down so I don't have to use quarter round. But need to put in baseboard in carpeted areas. Ceiling, walls and trim all different colors, and this is new drywall that will get a PVA primer coat.

What about houses that have crown molding all through out the house and homeowners want trim sprayed crown is same color as trim ?

Ever make the apartment spray video? Im starting to work in empty rentals where speed is the most important thing.

Idaho painter I'd really like to have a paint race race some day, for fun, raw new builds same models, 4 scoring factors Cleanliness, speed, quality, and masking

What about when you paint the trim and crown molding first with semi or full gloss and then the walls and ceiling are flat. Does that change the sequence? How do you deal with flat over the gloss overspray?

Thanks for the information!

How about to 1. Cover floor, doors and windows 2. Spray the walls. 3. Cover the walls and spray the ceiling 3. Spray the trims

Thanks!

My 35 year old, stained pine doors, dog scratches, and dirty around door knobs.... 1) can the scratches be fixed before painting? How best to clean off the greasy areas around the door knobs? Spray or paint in this condition? Thanks....Wish I could just hire you!

Nice. Thank You!

Well just in this scenario you left something out... you say you do two coats of spray, yet you say you pull tape and masking before coat dries.. how does that work when u have second coat to go?

Great Video. Please make a video or describe your process for the level 5 situation you mention. I am about to start a repaint of a remodel where the ceilings went from popcorn to smooth and the walls went to level 5. The trim is stained wood which will be scuff sanded and a new layer of clear applied. Very interested in your process for this situation? Baseboards have been removed for wood floor install.

Chris and Co., I love your videos and I've probably watched every video you've made on what to paint first. BUT there are 2 burning questions that never seem to get answered: how many coats are you doing on everything and how do you prevent flashing from the trim overspray.

On the texture walls, just a few I will mention. Hawk and trowel, orange peel splatter knockdown. Why wouldn't you use the technique spray and backroll?

What paint do you use when spraying walls? And what paint do you use to spray the trim? Are they one coat products or do the spraying machines apply enough product thickness to get a good enough coverage that one coat will do? Or do you need to spray multiple coats?

I still spray the walls we just back roll behind the rig.

Great points guys. What's your process when spraying only acrylic?

Apartments with different tones of paint (bathrooms,kitchens) to the Walls of everything else including closests

spray the ceilings first then then trim that's usually how i roll to

I plan to do knock out ceiling in my basement to mutch the rest of my house. I thing I should paint walls first as it would be easy to mask the walls rather then ceiling. And one more question: Do I have to paint ceiling before knocking it out or white primer should be enough?

My husband and i are remodeling a house and we are re painting all the interior. We sprayed the ceiling and walls and we are doing trim last because of the wood flooring and tile that needs to be put in. How do we go about prepping everything in the house now to spray the trim last??? There is no personal belongings in the house. I know we kind of did the painting order backwards its just kind of what needed to be done in our scenario and now im stressing on how to prep the walls and floor to spray the trim. Your response will be greatly appreciated!!

What about unfinished flooring (no mask required) new ceilings and new walls and all the trim one color?

You don't scuff sand the doors and trim (and dust) prior to spraying it?

Popcorn ceiling condo .all one color . Spraying the ceiling flat ,rolling walls satin. ? Best approach?

I have a ceiling in master bedroom where it looks like wallpaper was removed n left a white backing. I see seams over lapping . What can I do to hide them n paint over the rest? Thanks for your tips. I tried your tip on painting a straight line on baseboard with 950A caulk and it worked. I also used the 3M 2020 tape.

maybe I just haven't come across it, but can you do a video on how you stock your trucks/vans? Thanks for the awesome videos and content.

How about door hinges when you spray the doors?

What about a gut rehab? All new drywall. No trim, baseboards, doors, or switch/outlet covers.

what is the sequence you recommend if you make new apartments with only 2 colors? spraying everything

You mentioned in the video that you spray 2 coats on trim in 1 hr? What about dry time? I'm also interested in how fast can you go with dry time? Ceilings, walls, and trim?

Are there cases when you would spray the walls without touching the ceiling? If so, how would you prep the ceiling for that?

You mentioned painting apartments all in one color for ceilings trim and walls. When you do this, what sheen do you usually use?

Besides opening the windows and using fans....any other tips on getting rid of the smell?

Content, content, content. That’s what these videos are to me. It’s gotta be hard to keep pumping out videos when there is only so much you can talk about. Every job is different, every client is different. I personally take 90% of the jobs I bid against guys that mask and spray out a furnished lived in homes. These guys are smart, and know what they are doing, and are presentable, which in my opinion is why they are successful. Chris is probably the first guy to use social media, and RU-vid so successfully, but I say this...use your brains, take all this information with a grain of salt. RU-vid money and the things that come with it, is the leading purpose of these videos.

What's a good recommendation for sheen or paint in a small window-less bathroom to repel water? The sink and towel rack constantly get splashed with drips, any good paints to help? BTW, I'm on board with spraying the trim, but boy are spraying ceilings hard! You guys make it look so easy. I have 15' vaulted ceilings I plan on removing the popcorn from, but I have a feeling scaffolding (to sand) and an extended roller are in my future.

When you get to painting the walls after spraying. What do you do about the overspray of semi-gloss on the walls? Do you just paint the flat right over it?

Here’s maybe a dumb question ask from a dumb guy. When your wearing eye protection for some of us that wear prescription glasses or painting ceilings. Is there anything you recommend for when your goggles fog up. Do you guys use like a Rain-X Anti fog? Thanks guys and a keep up the great videos

I spray ceilings first then trim work then walls

hi i need to spray all flat trim no doors frames no windows and ceilings walls what i do cover all for ceillings than trim frames skertings wood after thad cover wood and spray walls but how tocover ceilling for thad ?

Thoughts on the roller that hooks up to you airless setup?

What about over spray on the walls.? Do you sand to degloss walls or paint flat over semi gloss and isn't that risking bonding?

Doesn’t it take a few coats rolling and cutting in over semigloss overspray from the trim?

Have you done a sequence video on new construction?

I'm trying to find a video of your process of painting the walls after spraying the trim but I'm having a hard time finding it. What do you guys do? Do you guys just cut in around ceilings and trim and baseboard and roll or do you mask all the baseboards so you don't get any paint splatter on it when rolling. And after spraying the baseboard, if you do mask it are you guys using the method where you mask it and then caulk it because I feel like if you masked it and then cut it in you could end up with paint leakage onto the baseboard. I'd really like to know what your process is because I'm attempting to spray all the trim at a home in the next couple weeks.

I am new to doing jobs myself so I thought I would post here about my process and see what everyone thinks. Cut ceilings with 6.5” purdy jumbo mini roller with white dove roller Roll ceilings with 9” purdy white woven Roll trim with 4.5” purdy jumbo mini roller with white dove roller Cut wall with brush and 6.5” purdy jumbo mini roller with white dove roller Roll wall with 18” white dove roller Finish with touch ups Post below with your ideas. I don’t have a sprayer and I am new to doing jobs on my own so I though this might be a good process for me.

If your spraying walls first and say it was like a dark grey colour and you obviously hit the ceilings a little bit, how would you get the white for the ceilings to cover when you come to spray them? And considering the ceiling line is not straight to use a shield to do ceilings first then walls

If the ceilings appear to be clean and dust free, do you just go straight to painting them? Or do you automatically clean the ceilings first?

spray ceiling baseboard trim and doors with hvlp rolling and cutting walls

Working for a new contractor this week. Ceilings will be flat, trim semigloss and flat grey walls. Contractor insists spray everything. Sprayed ceilings first. All the trim is old stained wood including the chair rails. He also insist on priming the trim with the rest of ceiling paint and spray walls then trim. Any problems I should look out for or suggestions? Thank you for everything you have taught me

If you are painting everything in a room (brush and roller, no sprayer available), would start with trim, ceiling then walls?

I’ve seen you paint rooms with a roller and brush, and I’ve seen you spray. How do you decide to do one over he other?

what semi gloss paint do you guys recommend to spray indoors trim and doors with greco x7 sprayer. last time i used 400 pro mar and i feel like it had so much dust its crazy everything was white.

What tip dp you use for door trims

What about accent walls in rooms. Had a lady wanted me to do an accent wall in almost every single room

I’m painting a rental property interior white. Is it cool that the trims and walls have same finished white? I’m doing semi gloss ultra white. Cabinets a super light gray Can I do the rest the same color?

Pal your sprayer should be wearing a organic vapor cartridge on half face resperator not a hepa cartridge !

If I spray my trim first with semi-gloss than roll my walls with satin, Will I see a flashing on my walls? I have big windows especially in my living room and kitchen. Thank you

Ceilings, walls and trim different colors is the scenario, but I also have crown molding. I plan on spraying trim, then spray ceiling, and lastly rolling the walls? Would that be the best order as this is my first time to use an airless sprayer?

What if they want the ceiling the same color of the walls should i spray the ceiling and not the walls

So you cut in after rolling?

Hey Chris, love your videos. Question, I’m a DYIer doing one room at a time. Could I spray prime my walls with the flat Sherwin Williams Eminence when I’m spraying my ceiling with it? I know from experience that the walls are a hard to cover tan color that takes at least 2 coats.

Hi All, If you choose to roll rough surfaces cuz it looks better inside, How do I get away with spraying outside rough surfaces. I live in Bermuda so all our walls are cement block and then plastered. Thanks in advance

That guy rolling that ceiling needs to extend that poll.His turkey necking it for no reason.

I have level 5 walls, what is the best option for painting while also maintaining the level 5 smoothness?

What roller nap and inch length do you use to roll ceilings?

I know it's a bit old video, but I have a situation when my walls all painted, and we just had contractor finish trim - windows, doors - base. All of it. . .not after patching and caulking, i have 30 doors to paint and about 20 windows! If I would do it with a brush, it will take me well into next year!So how would you isolate the walls in this case? I kind of had an idea of using that tool you showing with plastic expandable film dropping down 9 ft....then cutting around window or door and taping it. Any advise will be appreciated greatly! thanks for great videos!

Thanks for the video, can you tell me why I get a stream on the outside edges of the spray pattern fan at times?