Unisaw A100 wrote:
So what do you do about all the crap that settles on your
fresh site finish?

In a well orchestrated job there is very little "crap" that settles on
the "fresh site finish". This is why, many times, the painters will have
a floor or the whole house to themselves. How do you think homes get
hardwood floors that looking like a bowling alley and better? Granted
its not a "clean room" spray booth atmosphere but when you can get a
smooth as glass coat of oil urethane (8 hour or more dry time) on a
hardwood floor (site finish) I am surely not concered about the paint
which is dry in an hour or so worst case for latex, a bit longer for oil
which is my choice for millwork.

OK, but I stand by my earlier statement that a shop finish
is not a substandard.

I didnt say the shop finish was substandard, my statement was in
relation to the installation of shop finished millwork in the context of
the original post. For the average person installing prefinished trim
and casing the end result would be substandard as the concensus is that
you would get to paint the walls without having to cut anything in then
just smack your trim up and you are done. I would imagine this was what
the OP was hoping for. A way to paint roughly around all the doors,
windows, floors, etc. and then just come in and smack up the trim
already painted hence saving the tedium of cutting in. This equals
substandard.

Thicken up your skin... I am sure the millwork your industry produces is
impecable, your job is safe.

Mark