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Determine Sheen for Trim, Furniture, and Built-ins

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What Is The Best Paint Sheen To Use: Flat, Satin, or Semigloss?

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For interior trim packages, furniture, and entertainment centers, a semi-gloss paint is highly recommended. Semi-gloss provides a balance of durability, washability, and a subtle sheen that visually separates it from the walls. The speaker praises Sherwin Williams Solo semi-gloss paint for its excellent spray characteristics, beautiful sheen, and superior adhesion to various surfaces (even previously painted semi-gloss surfaces) without always needing a primer. Full gloss paints are generally discouraged for interior trim because they are much more difficult to work with for both professionals and DIYers (prone to runs), and they tend to have an overly shiny, 'plasticky' look that is often undesirable.

Goal: This step recommends semi-gloss paint for trim, furniture, and built-in units due to its durability, washability, and aesthetic balance, while advising against full gloss for aesthetic and application reasons.

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So, now we'll talk about trim paint on the inside of a house. And I would say 99% of the time when we're spraying trim packages uh or even furniture or entertainment centers and such, we always use a semi- gloss paint. You can use uh high gloss paints or glosses, but they one of the drawbacks to them is they are more difficult to work with for professional painters and do-it-yourselfers. They run a lot easier, and I just don't like that super shiny plasticky look. I just think the um the semig gloss looks a lot better. And it is a little bit more durable and more washable, so it's better than a satin. And I do like my trim, my entertainment centers, my furniture, I like them just to have uh a little bit higher sheen than the walls. So it kind of sets off sets off the trim from the walls. So we're always using a semi- gloss trim paint. And I use a product, one of the products I is probably my favorite products to use because it's for a professional standpoint. It sprays really well. The sheen looks really, really nice. It hangs very well, so it doesn't run very easy. And that's a product from Sher Winds called Solo. And that's the product we use the most often. And it has a very good adhesion. So it sticks to surfaces very well. Other surfaces like previously painted semi- gloss surfaces. It bonds extremely well even if you didn't use a primer. We typically always del gloss our surfaces. But it's a really good product. I do get

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