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Hand-Painting Exterior Fascia and Trim

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Painting A House Exterior from A to Z

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What happens here

The painter demonstrates hand-painting the exterior fascia and trim while on the ladder. He uses both a paintbrush for detailed edges and a small roller for broader flat surfaces. He explains that brushing and back-rolling are preferred over spraying for trim to achieve better paint penetration and adhesion, which results in a more durable finish. He advises taking time for precise 'cutting in' to avoid paint overlap onto other surfaces.

Goal: Achieve a high-quality, durable paint finish on fascia and trim using manual application methods.

Tools and materials

  • Extension Ladder Werner — Reaching high areas of the trim
  • Paint Cup/Bucket — Holding paint and hanging on the ladder
  • Paint Roller — Applying paint to broader flat surfaces of the trim and fascia
  • Paintbrush — Applying paint to detailed edges and for 'cutting in'
  • Exterior Paint PPG Timeless — Painting the fascia and trim

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them i got a video on how to install those things um there's other types of levelers out there where you got to move a pin or something which is just takes more time the self-leveling ones are by far the best easy to use does make the ladder a little bit heavier so you got to be aware of that if you're not very strong carrying ladders but um it's probably another 20 pounds or so to the ladder but it's well well worth it so i'm just hand doing fascia once again i've i always get people asking me why not spray the fascia like you're spraying the body of house and it um it's gonna look nicer last longer if you actually hand brush and roll it get better penetration adhesion the body of the house if there's places that need better penetration adhesion or back rolling always back roll it before i do the painting or the spraying sometimes i paint the drip metal it all depends like if this facial is going to be black and and i had a black roof i would actually because and it's white underneath here i'd want to get that paint underneath that fascia and i would actually spray um the drip metal block and then i would um turn around and do the fascia hand do the fascia but um because if you use like a 208 tip and spray this metal black the edge of the roof is black you won't even see any flat or any overspray on the edge of the roof and if you shoot it up at an angle the over straight will go up in the air it'll dry before it actually hits the roof lands on the roof so it's a technique that we use to paint drip metal you gotta just take your time get your brush it's like doing interior cut ends get the tips of your brush up underneath that metal flatten out your bristles so you don't get paint on the drip metal like somebody has already done previously they weren't flattening their bristles out flat enough to get them up inside there when you got dark grip metal white fascia it really shows up really bad one of the drawbacks to fall leaf bucket full of leaves it's always good to keep your buckets that you're not using lids on them in fall otherwise they're going to have all kinds of leaves in your paint that's never fun to deal with

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