painting or caulking first

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hello all,

I'm doing the whole house, skirting, doors, stairs etc ... everything is going to be white. Should i paint first or caulk first to get the best look?

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Caulk is part of the prep stage, pre paint most cant be used as a finish like mastics and sealants can.

On hall walls consider diamond trade by Dulux. It will take a hammering and is fine to wash down / for high use areas (bag , dirty hand, shoe, blood, general household stains on walls :) )
 
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I guess it depends on what you are caulking?

I caulked between wall and skirt after painting skirt/boards.

Are you painting the architraves/skirts? i'd say best to do these before.
 
I'm painting both architraves and skirts. Are you saying I should chauk first then paint?
 
I did architraves, got rid of old "sht" properly, filled in gaps, painted walls. I then satinwooded over and frogtaped paint side to give me a very decent line.

Skirting i paint walls, then I skirted over gap between wall and skirt.
 
Woodwork should always have a coat of paint on them first as the paint doesn't stick to raw wood very well.
 
Think Robbie meant caulk doesn't stick very well. Also bare wood and plaster can draw the moisture from the caulk before it has chance to set causing it to crack.
 

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