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Identify and Spackle Imperfections

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6 Tips for Decorative Coating Prep. Painting Decorative Coatings like a Pro.

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Begin by thoroughly inspecting your walls for any imperfections such as nicks, dings, or nail holes. The most effective way to identify these subtle flaws is by using an LED light. Shine the LED light down the wall at an angle; this technique will cast shadows that highlight even the smallest defects. Once identified, apply spackle to fill these imperfections using a spackle knife. This is a critical first step because any unaddressed imperfections will be magnified and highly visible once a decorative finish is applied.

Goal: Locate and repair all minor wall imperfections before applying a decorative finish.

Tools and materials

  • LED Light Milwaukee — Identifying small imperfections on the wall surface
  • Spackle Knife — Applying spackle to fill wall imperfections
  • Spackle — Filling nicks, dings, and small holes in the wall

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All right tip number one. I'm getting my walls ready to apply a decorative coating here I've got several options. I'm choosing from to do a decorative finish I might do a metallic finish. I could I might do a Venetian plaster. I'm going over with the client what I'm going to do But irregardless of what I do. I want a really good surface to apply my finish on I've got some imperfections in the walls that I've already spackled and I'm going to give you a tip How I find these imperfections and if you miss anything and you start doing your decorative finish The next is going to show up in your finish. So you want to find all these little nicks and dings on your wall and get rid of those right off the back I like using just an LED light a handy one that I can I'm keeping my tool bag and hold by hand in this LED light Will make everything show up on your wall and just by shining this LED that light down the wall I can see a nick right here in this wall that I could not see prior to that after I've already did all my spackling on here I thought I was complete, but this one ding right here would show up really bad when I'm doing my metallic finish or my Whatever finish I'm doing a Venetian plaster might fill it all in, but you want to get rid of this stuff So I'm going to look all over my wall look for anything that I need to spackle using an LED light So that is tip number one. All right tip number two when it comes to getting that perfect finished with your decorative coatings

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