re: Painting my New Construction Home

I appreciate the sound advice and links.

Frog tape. Invest the time taping properly and your edges will be crisp. No edging tool will come close.

I painted my new construction home several years ago. A neighbor let me use his indoor scaffold.

It will fit thru a 30" wide opening and is on wheels so can go almost anywhere. It prevents you from going up and down a ladder a hundred times a day.

I had my 8 year old daughter push me around when I needed to relocate.

I think you can rent from home depot.

Taping isn't necessary if you have a half arse steady hand. The trick is using a top of the line paint brush. Also, when cutting the line make sure the brush isn't "piled" up with paint.

Also you should have done the walls first and then the trim.

My father owned a painting company and this is how I was taught back in the day.

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Also you should have done the walls first and then the trim.

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And I'm just the opposite. I paint my trims and then cut the walls to the trims since it is much easier to cut a big wall into a small edge of trim than it is to cut the thin edge of trim to the wall-------especially door and window trim where the edges heading to the walls are usually 3/4 inch or less.

Spend money on good brushes. To cut use either an 1 1/2" or 2" angled brush. Also get a good paint bucket and wipe 1 side of your brush.

I painted my entire house and learned quite a bit in the process. IMO it turned out much better than the other new builds I've seen.

My advice:
- good caulk (someone already mentioned Big Stretch, completely agree. I used several brands, this was the best)
- In rooms with no crown, painting the walls and ceilings the same color is a huge time saver.
- Buy good paint. I used a pretty expensive paint since I was saving from not hiring painters. Worth the extra cost and will make your paint job look much better.
- Personally I found that taping was cleaner and faster for me than cutting lines. I taped off all my trim; then either caulked over the tape or painted the joint between the tape/wall the same color as the trim. Whatever bleeds thru matches the trim and keeps the wall paint from bleeding thru. When you pull the tape you have a perfectly clean/ straight line. Much straighter than you get from cutting.
- Can't emphasize getting quality paint enough.

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Spend the time getting quality prep work done. That is 80% of the paint job in making it last longer. If you do a crap prep job, you can use $100 a gallon paint and it will not last, or look as good as the job would if you spent the time doing prep work right in the first place..

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Completely agree. Which is why I would never do it from the start. Agree on ceilings and walls same color if no crown as well and quality paint makes huge difference.

On exterior painted brick you have to spray and roll, spraying alone will look shitty in less than 3 years and you’ll be painting again. Biggest mistake I see today with the popularity of painted brick.