Spackling Nail Holes and Imperfections

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CAULKING AND SPACKLING TIPS. DIY How to paint trim. Tips painting trim work.

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What happens here

Using a 1-inch flexible spackle knife, apply spackle to all nail holes and minor imperfections on the trim. Press the spackle firmly into the holes to ensure full coverage. After applying, wipe the excess spackle clean with the knife. Once the spackle is completely dry, lightly sand the area with a medium sanding sponge to achieve a smooth, flat surface. For 'volcano' (protruding) nail heads, use a nail set tool (like the 'Spring Tools Paint Pro Pak' shown) to drive the nail further in before spackling. For extremely detailed work where you want to completely hide nail heads, apply 'Bondo Glazing and Spot Putty' (red glazing putty) after the initial spackle has dried and been sanded. Apply the putty with the spackle knife, sand it smooth once dry, and then proceed with painting. This ensures no nail heads will ever show through the paint.

Goal: This step involves applying spackle to nail holes and other imperfections on the trim, smoothing it out, and then sanding it once dry. A special trick using glazing putty is introduced for achieving an exceptionally smooth, professional result.

Tools and materials

Medium Sanding Sponge
Bondo Glazing & Spot Putty

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so here we go so the stock like method is very simple but it's just a matter of just getting enough spatula on there and fill that hole precedent I like to just take and put it on there press it a couple times and then wipe it clean with the knife once that dries I'm going to just lightly go over it with my Sam sanding sponge so they go around spatter all this stuff it's always easy easy associating a door jamb just to remove the hinges and the doors always remove all that type of hardware and stuff and begin working with a clean slate I haven't removed it right now because I'm just shooting this video this is going to go long and just Sparkle all these things and here's another trick if you run into any clothes when you're sparkling where you actually feel the nail there's a nail set that we actually use some spring tools right here I'll show you this nail set you have a nail that's sticking out you'll just take for instance this one right here just going to set this on there just pull the tool and just knock it you know actually just not that nail aunts always keep one of these things in my pocket to set in and nails that weren't driven in all the way so just factly right along I'm gonna give you another really cool tip here and after spackling it after if you if you're going to go ahead and paint it what happens is you actually see very very faintly where those spackle spots are and if you're really detail-oriented if you really want those things to go away we use a product called bondo glazing putty and it's the red glazing on the red glazing buddy from bondo we'll just put that on there with our same spackle knife just like it into a spackle and then you Sam that and then once you paint it you'll never ever see any of those nail heads ever put in the trim so when it comes to actually

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