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After a large renovation (including all new doors, casing, trim, etc), we have found ourselves stuck with a really awful paint job. (We just assumed that anyone we would pay to do it would do at least as good a job as we would ourselves. Foiled! Live and learn I guess. Word to the newbies: either do it yourself or pay the big money for a good paint job, especially if you’ve just spent a year of your life and your life savings on everything else. It’s worth it!)

Anyhow, the walls are passable, but the most frustrating part is that new doors and trim now look like they’ve been there for 20 years, there are so many drips along the edges and roller marks, etc. We first told the painters that we wouldn’t pay for it until it was fixed but then their attempts at fixing were just making things worse (and I actually think they were trying to fix them, which is the sad part).

We decided to just pay them (to leave, really) and now want to know whether/how we can fix these things ourselves.

Trim paint is Eggshell Benjamin Moore. Is there any reason we shouldn’t get a palm sander and just sand off one or two layers of the paint on the trim?

Any recommendations on sandpaper type? Any other suggestions?