If you've painted your baseboards...

[amblor]

We painted ours but it was also already layered in paint when we moved in. The only chipping ive seen is when moving large furniture and it hits the baseboards.

[pitterwoo]

I had all painted trim when I moved in, but it chipped so easily. SO bad. So if you do it make sure that you sand down the shine so that the paint sticks (and prime before painting of course).

[lavender444]

I painted over our stained baseboards a few years ago. I used a semi-gloss and I've had no issues. Not even with my 3 yr old slamming cars and trains into them, or my crazy 100 lbs dogs sliding into them. I did not do any prep work either, just slapped on some paint.

[alf17]

We painted our trim from stained to white three years ago and have had no issues.

[RoxMonster]

I think our baseboards/trim were originally wood but I'm not sure. They were painted when we bought the house but painted an icky yellowy/off-white color. I wanted white white so we repainted ALL of them.

I am SO so so glad we did. The yellowy color would not look good with our greys/blues/purples on the walls. It was tedious and time-consuming but not difficult.

[boiler717]

Zero issues in our old house

[SusanBAnthony]

Our rental has painted wood trim and it is very chipped up. I have no idea how good of a job was done, but I do know the guy who formerly owned the house and did the painting, and it wasn't a quick flip or a rental or anything at that time. Still, that doesn't mean he did it right.

I hate painted trim, so this has only confirmed my hate.

[TBM]

I think our current stained trim is the first non-painted trim we have ever had. Other than the really badly/cheaply painted trim that we had in this house when we moved in, all of it has cleaned easily and hasn't really chipped or scratched.

[kaylie]

Mine has handled pretty well. I might suggest using SW All Surface Enamel - it seems to hold up amazingly well.

[lys]

Jan 19, 2013 20:06:16 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

Are you glad you did?

How much chipping or scuffing have you had?

I've been wondering for a few months now if this is a task I want to undertake. We have stained wood trim. If painted is just going to chip and look crappy, I'll just leave it.

It's not historic wood or anything. It's builder grade medium oak from our 2009 built home.

Sand, prime and then use a good quality paint such as the Benjamin Moore Advance paint.  It should hold up well.  I did all the woodwork in our current home 5 years ago and it is still in "newly painted" condition.  The key is preparation and good paint.

[pitterwoo]

I don't have any before pictures of trim or baseboards, but here's a picture of one of our builtin cabinets not that long after we moved in. The paint was just flying off. I'm sure that they used cheap paint, but as far as I'm concerned not preping is just ASKING for it later.

I scraped every bit of this paint off, sanded, primed and painted which has now held up perfectly for 4 years.

[Susie]

We've painted it in a couple of rooms.  No chipping - just make sure you do it "right" - i.e., a little sanding, and good primer before painting.  We'll do it in other rooms as we replace the flooring.  It's way easier to do when the old floor is out, before the new floor goes in.

[pitterwoo]

Jan 20, 2013 19:23:00 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

I don't have any before pictures of trim or baseboards, but here's a picture of one of our builtin cabinets not that long after we moved in. The paint was just flying off. I'm sure that they used cheap paint, but as far as I'm concerned not preping is just ASKING for it later.

I scraped every bit of this paint off, sanded, primed and painted which has now held up perfectly for 4 years.

Can anyone else see this picture I posted?  I can't see it now and I'm not sure what the reason is.

[MrsMB]

We painted our existing trim with a semi gloss a few years ago. It looks fine and I don't think we've seen chipping.

Although, my husband said if we ever had to paint trim again, he'd let me have some alone time to myself in the house I take no offense to this whatsoever. I'm a perfectionist and I cussed like a sailor if I didn't feel like everything was straight and error free.

That stressed me out so bad. I told him if we ever decided to paint trim, I'd rather take brand new trim, paint it, THEN install/put it on. I could then go back in and fill in anything that needed a touch-up from the install.

[boston340]

Jan 21, 2013 14:46:43 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

Jan 20, 2013 19:23:00 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

I don't have any before pictures of trim or baseboards, but here's a picture of one of our builtin cabinets not that long after we moved in. The paint was just flying off. I'm sure that they used cheap paint, but as far as I'm concerned not preping is just ASKING for it later.

I scraped every bit of this paint off, sanded, primed and painted which has now held up perfectly for 4 years.

Can anyone else see this picture I posted?  I can't see it now and I'm not sure what the reason is.

Nope, can't see the picture.

[pitterwoo]

Jan 21, 2013 14:56:20 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

Pitterwoo, I can't see it.

Ok thanks, let me try this again.  Here's my chippy trim in my house due to the previous owners not prepping before painting.