Prepare Surfaces: Nail Set, Caulk, Sand, and Prime

Now, we're going to get on to the very important process, and that's actually the prepping, including the priming and the cocking. This is what's really going to give you a nice clean look to your house is doing that proper cocking and the proper prepping and it's going to make your paint job last a long time. So, here we go. I'm going to show you what we and what we sand and some of the things we actually prime. So, stay tuned to the video on how to prep a house. So, you can see I'm in this entryway right now. One of the things we do on the entryway, we coaul any the trim boards on the entryway cuz we want it to look really nice, neat, and tidy. And on the house, cocking all the nail heads on the house. As you can see right here, this type of cocking on the entryway is purely for looks, but it does keep bugs out of all these cracks and stuff that we've got cocked here. [Music] Okay, we got Sean over here. He's actually sanding the door jambs with a paint eater. And then after that, we're going to the door jambs. Let the cocking dry. Then we're going to prime them with a peel bond primer. If you run into any loose nails, you definitely want to hammer in any loose nails or any protruding nails on the surface. We always the back side of the fascia. So throughout my videos, I'm using a lot of tools and accessories. If you're in need of any painting tools and accessories, you can always go to my Amazon tool store right there by clicking on the logo anytime in any of my videos, and that will take you to my Amazon tool store where you can purchase most my tools and accessories. and typically a lot cheaper than you can get them at your do-it-yourself painting stores or hardware stores. So, click on the logo right there anytime you see it to go to my Amazon tool store. We had some new trim on here that was installed. So, you definitely want to the nail heads on the new trim. Got some nail heads on these corner boards that we want to We always these set vents up here. A lot of times these things are just stapled in and over time they'll begin to fall out and if you them it'll keep them from falling out. Anywhere where you have bare wood, you want to use a primer. We're using a peel bond primer on all the bare wood on this house. Anywhere where we've had to do any sanding, we're priming it. Hopefully behind me you can see some of the cocking we've done. All the nail heads are cocked here. Got some priming on some of the batting boards, the uh trim, some of the…