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Walls or white wood work (glossing) first?

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Misscf81 · 11/06/2020 21:07

I have just moved into a new house and want to paint my very blue room with a nice light pink/blush. I know I will have to prime my walls as they are going lighter, however my question is do I need to do my walls or glossing first? There is a skirting board, picture rail, door and white shelf. It’s already glossed, but I presume I can roughly sand and re-gloss? But what do I do first?

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Linnet · 11/06/2020 21:10

I always do walls first, gloss last. I got a decorator in last year to do our living room and he stripped the walls, put undercoat on the woodwork. Papered the walls then glossed the woodwork.

OurChristmasMiracle · 11/06/2020 21:12

Gloss the woodwork first. Gloss won’t come off the wall if you get it on there where as emulsion will wipe off the gloss work.

Aquamarine1029 · 11/06/2020 21:14

I have done loads of painting and I always do the gloss work for exactly the reasons @OurChristmasMiracle described.

3NMe · 11/06/2020 21:24

Glossing is the most laborious task in the world. But I always gloss first. Then do the edges and around windows etc with the wall paint, then roller the walls.

Hard to get gloss off wall paint but wall paint wipes of gloss easily.

I always have a bowl of warm soapy water, a micro fibre and an old towel to hand too. Just so any little bits that smudge, drop etc can be quickly wiped away

Good luck!

123456abcd · 11/06/2020 21:26

Walls first!

MaidenMotherCrone · 12/06/2020 05:31

I was taught by a decorator to gloss first.

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