Residential Interior Painting
West Linn

Interior Prep and Paint Process

• Job Site Preparation

Before we commence any painting, priming, or surface preparation, your residence or workspace receives proper masking to provide thorough protection throughout all areas.

• Furniture, Fixtures, and Surface Protection

Protecting the belongings within your home stands as our highest concern. We take care to relocate and shield furniture, fixtures, cabinetry, flooring, windows, and appliances to defend them against any possible overspray or roller drips from paint application. The precautions we take during this stage ensure your living space remains secure throughout the complete process.

• Taping and Masking Edges

This procedure is vital for upholding a professional and high-quality appearance throughout the painting process. Establishing crisp, precise tape lines while masking ensures a clean work environment and delivers a final result with perfectly crisp edges.

• Repair and Patching

Correcting surface imperfections is fundamental to creating an appropriate base for paint application. Our expert crew thoroughly patches and fixes all cracks, holes, and blemishes to guarantee a suitable surface prepared for primer or paint.

• Surface Cleaning

Beginning with a spotless surface is crucial for exceptional paint results. We accomplish this through careful sanding and hole filling, combined with extensive cleaning to eliminate all dust, dirt, and debris before any priming or painting commences.

• Priming for Adhesion

Our approach involves using premium oil or water-based primers to build a smooth, consistent base that seals staining while boosting the strength and longevity of your paint work.

• Caulking

To create sharp lines and seal gaps, we utilize superior caulks to fill spaces surrounding trim, baseboards, and additional painted surfaces. Premium oil or water-based caulking provides lasting durability through expansion and contraction, and performs significantly better over time than budget alternative products.

• Ventilation and Environment Control

We implement strategies to guarantee ideal ventilation while painting. Adequate air movement speeds up drying periods and promotes a cleaner indoor atmosphere. We additionally manage environmental elements, like humidity levels, to secure optimal paint results. We deploy both air movers and air scrubbers to keep air flowing throughout the work, which consequently upholds quality standards on every project.

• Paint Application

• Trim Painting

We apply two coats of either enamel trim paint or hybrid Enamel Urethane trim paint through spray application to guarantee a smooth and uniform finish. Depending on job site requirements and conditions, when brush or roll application becomes necessary for trim, we choose lighter trim paints with enhanced self-leveling characteristics to maintain excellent finish quality upon completion.

• Ceiling Painting

Throughout comprehensive interior paint jobs, we typically apply ceiling paint using spray methods. When handling smaller jobs or ceiling-specific paint work, we utilize brush and roll techniques for these surfaces. Ceilings always receive paint first in our painting sequence, and the application approach gets selected based on each individual job and what best serves the client and overall process.

• Wall Painting

Under most circumstances, we apply brush and roll techniques for your wall surfaces. When a residence or structure receives painting in one sheen and one color, we typically spray walls and ceilings together while back-rolling throughout the application. We employ fine roller naps on smooth wall surfaces to guarantee even texture application. We utilize standard-sized roller naps on orange peel textured walls for adequate coverage and work efficiency.