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Caulking Gaps and Imperfections

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3 Steps to PERFECT TRIM! Prepping to SPRAY

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What happens here

With the sanding complete, the final preparation step is caulking. Load a tube of latex caulk into a caulking gun. Before applying, cut the tip of the caulk tube at a 45-degree angle, creating a small opening to control the bead size. A built-in blade on the caulk gun can be used for this. Facing the 45-degree angle downwards, apply a thin, consistent bead of caulk along any gaps where the baseboards meet the wall, around door frames, and any other areas needing a smooth transition. Immediately after applying the caulk, use a wet finger to smooth the bead, wiping off any excess onto a wet sponge or rag. This technique ensures a clean, seamless line. Also caulk any gaps in mitered corners of the trim.

Goal: Fill gaps and create smooth transitions on trim for a finished look.

Tools and materials

  • Latex Gloves — Protecting hands from caulk
  • Utility Knife — Cutting the caulk tube tip if the caulk gun doesn't have a built-in cutter
  • Wet Sponge — Wiping excess caulk and keeping fingers wet for smoothing
  • Latex Caulk Megallastic — Filling gaps and creating smooth transitions

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all right McKenna so the final step to this process is we're gonna be caulking the tops of the baseboards and anything else that needs to be caulked I even noticed back here on this fireplace you can see this 90-degree corner right here how that does not look very good we can even [ __ ] something like that and we're just using a latex caulking it's the white caulking some of the baseboards the caulking shrunk and so it's down inside there it's not it doesn't have a nice smooth transition to the wall but you're just gonna take and lay out a nice little bead of caulking and I have a sponge there's a towel sponge and I have a rag and they're both wet you can use a rag or a towel sponge I kind of like the tile sponge but I'm a wet my finger a wet finger always smooth out the caulking a lot better but I'm gonna lightly put my pad on my finger on the bead in it you can see how it lays it out and that's gonna look a lot nicer right there in that wall so there's not a lot of stuff on the walls that needs to be caulked but mainly the baseboards so nice soft beat of coffee you don't have to press very hard just very very lightly and I can keep smoothing it out I get it where I want but the tops of the baseboards down here let's look at the tops let me show you I always like to keep my caulking gun clean on the end but if I take the 45-degree angle and I don't want the 45 facing up because it's gonna squirt the caulking up like that I want it facing down up against my where I want the caulking to lay out so I'm just gonna squeeze the trigger just lay out a nice little bead like this you don't want too much you're gonna have to wipe it all off come right up against there and then I'm gonna take my sponge wet my finger lightly press down I can just feel the caulking and you can see that nice bead of caulking that's leavin on there that's gonna look a lot nicer now once you're trim and baseboards are painted so I'm working this there's a spot right here I didn't get enough you can see I didn't fill it in so I'll put a little bit more down there and I'll just work it with my wet finger so it looks nice and smooth just like that

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