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Apply Clear Coat and Caulk Gaps

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Making Built-In shelves

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What happens here

Once the stain is completely dry, apply a protective clear coat. The creator uses Minwax Wipe-On Poly in 'Clear Satin'. Apply the polyurethane using a rag, wiping it onto the shelves. Apply multiple thin coats, allowing adequate drying time between each coat, to build up durability and protect the stained finish. Next, address any remaining gaps between the finished shelves and the surrounding drywall. Use paintable caulk to fill these gaps, pushing a small bead deep into the crevices. Wipe away any excess caulk for a clean line. Once the caulk is dry, the entire built-in structure can be painted to match the surrounding wall, creating a seamless, custom look.

Goal: Protect the stained shelves with a wipe-on polyurethane clear coat and then seal any remaining gaps between the shelves and drywall using paintable caulk.

Tools and materials

  • Caulking Gun
  • Clean Rags
  • Minwax Wipe-On Poly (Clear Satin)
  • Paint
  • Paint Brush
  • Paintable Caulk

What they say

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let's stop focus now that one last thing I forgot to mention with you guys is that anytime you're working with drywall there's gonna be a variation in distances travels not perfect and the framers for sure are not perfect and so here's what I mean the distance from here to that corner is fifty four and a half now the distance from here to here which is only sixteen inches deeper is about 55 inches huge difference so to prevent these gaps I did preventatively cut the difference are supposed to be to make sure it fits but there's still these gaps they're not big they're very small but this brings you to this opportunity because some of the sting got on to the drywall so we're gonna have to paint it anyways so the secret to make it look as flawless as possible with these shelves is take a little bit of a paintable cop go and push a bead going deep down into these carcasses a little bit goes a long way once it's dries then put your coat of paint over it and it's gonna look so good it's gonna look so fitted and that's kind of where the pros all do anyway [Applause] [Music] we bribed as we drive down the added gives us mine it's a [Music] hey guys check this out how crazy good did that turn out I couldn't be happier remember it took me so many tries to get this right I am gonna leave you guys with this I hope you guys enjoyed this video the full renovation video should be done next Monday or Tuesday so make sure to subscribe to the channel if you haven't yet done so already I appreciate watching the step you guys want to check out the merch that we have here mr. bilder Curt and sweat I'll put the links down description below do not be afraid to make a mess there's just a better opportunity to learn to not this week we'll see you guys next week see ya

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