Asked on Feb 22, 2015
Should you stain the wood trim on the walls or before?
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Trish
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We are putting up new wood trim. I am wondering when you stain it.
6 answers
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Before they are installed on the wall.
Deb Davis
on Feb 22, 2015
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Before definitely!! You can even varnish before.
Doreen
on Feb 22, 2015
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For some reason my husband put up new trim in my laundry room and is planning to stain it now. I am not happy about this! Thanks for your help.
Trish
on Feb 22, 2015
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It's so much easier if you stain and finish it before installing it, even before cutting it.
Darla
on Feb 22, 2015
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I am of the "before" school of thought. Painting or staining trim, baseboards, toe kicks, chair rails...etc., much easier to touch up the nail/screw holes than tape off the entire section and pray none seeps out!
Kristen Crawford
on Feb 22, 2015
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Thanks, I'll have to remember to instruct him on this in the future. I guess he is not going to remove it now. Maybe I will just not have it stained. I really don't know what he was thinking, he did drywall and painted. I hate to see all that new work messed up. Oh well:(
Trish
on Feb 22, 2015
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