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Remove Plates & Spackle Holes

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10 pasos para pintar una habitación RÁPIDO y FÁCIL traducido

What happens here

Remove all switch plates and outlet covers using a flathead screwdriver. Store them in a bucket to keep them clean and organized. Then, inspect the walls for any holes or imperfections. Apply lightweight spackle to fill these holes using a flexible putty knife, ensuring a smooth, flush surface. The lightweight spackle dries quickly, allowing for rapid progression to the next steps.

Goal: Prepare walls by removing fixtures and filling imperfections.

Tools and materials

  • Flathead Screwdriver
  • Flexible Putty Knife
  • Lightweight Spackle DAP

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windows. So, once step number four is done, I'm going to move on to step number five, which is removing the switch plates and spalling the holes in the walls. So, I have switch plates here. I just want to remove all these switch plates. I'm just using a flathead screwdriver. I'm just going to remove the switch plate and put it in a bucket so we can paint around it. You don't want to try to cut around the switches. So, now I'm getting ready to do the filler. I have some holes here. I have some lightweight filler and a flexible knife right here to make the filler. I like lightweight filler because it's going to dry very quickly. I have some small holes; I'm just going to patch them. I'll clean the filler with my knife, clean around, and it's going to dry very quickly. We want things that dry fast because this room isn't going to take me more than four hours to paint. So, I need to have a This putty is going to dry quickly, so step number six is ​​to roll the first coat on the

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