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Painting a house ALONE! Caulking The Exterior.

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What happens here

The video introduces the project of prepping an exterior house for painting, focusing on caulking and priming. The presenter showcases a variety of tools and materials required for the job, including several ladders (extension and 24-foot extend climb), a dripless caulking gun, White Lightning Mega Elastic caulk, a 5-inch Ekasand sander with an 80-grit sanding pad, a Wagner Paint Eater for rough wood edges and door jambs, a two-edge knife/Linbide scraper, safety gloves, a 3M 2077 respirator, Edge Safety Glasses (polarized versions are preferred for spraying), a stir whip for primer, and samples of Sherwin Williams Prime RX and XIM Peel Bond primer alternatives.

Goal: Understand the project and gather necessary tools and materials.

Tools and materials

  • Caulk Gun Holsters — Holding caulk guns for easy access
  • Caulking Gun Dripless — Applying caulk to fill gaps and cracks
  • Ladders Werner — Reaching high areas of the house
  • Respirator — Protecting respiratory system from dust and paint fumes during sanding
  • Safety Glasses Edge Eyewear — Protecting eyes from debris and paint spray
  • Safety Gloves Wells Lamont — Protecting hands from caulk and paint
  • Sander Ekasand — Sanding surfaces, especially door jambs
  • Sanding Pad — Attaching to the sander for surface preparation
  • Stir Whip — Mixing primer
  • Tool Bag — Carrying tools and materials
  • Caulk White Lightning Mega Elastic — Filling gaps and cracks
  • Primer Sherwin Williams Prime RX — Prepping surfaces for paint, especially peeling areas
  • Tile Sponge Aqua Sponge — Smoothing caulk beads

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this Chrissy Idaho payer here on paint live TV today this is part two of our series on how to paint a house our comprehensive series a comprehensive guide how I go about painting that x-ray of a home quickly and efficiently so if you want to know some tips and tricks that I do painting house stay tuned for this video all right so we're ready to tackle the prepping on this house this is part two and this is the prepping process and so today I'm gonna be doing some caulking and some priming so I'm gonna show you what it looks like to do the steps copying or priming some of the tools I'm gonna go over the tools you don't need a whole lot of tools when it comes to the prepping process if you got a two-story house you are gonna need some ladders I got multiple extension ladders I got an extend climb out here I've got I'm a 24 foot ladder too and I am working by myself so this is a job I'm doing all alone going back to my grass roots days when I painted all by myself so some of the tools when it comes to prepping the house you're gonna need a caulking gun I like the dripless caulking gun right here caulking you're gonna need caulking I today I'm gonna be using big elastic this is by White Lightning it's a great caulking product I really like using high end top in type caulking and Meg elastic is a great caulking there is a door jamb that's peeling it's gonna need some sanding and grinding to it I've got a sander I'm gonna be using a five-inch echis an sander right here with Ecco silk sanding pad it's an 80 grit sander I really like this Wagner tool right here when it comes to grinding down like door jams the Wagner paint either this thing is absolutely amazing for grinding down rough wood edges door jams and stuff like that and anything that's got paint on it it won't clog up with these type of on the paint either grinding disc this thing is a great tool must have for any exterior painter out there I do wear gloves so I'm always wearing gloves when I'm doing exterior is I don't like caulking without gloves because I don't like getting caulking on my hands one thing that's interesting is if you read the talking the instructions on the caulking and a warning precaution it says not to get it on your hands because they think it's got like it's cancerous or something like that kind of weird I'm gonna be using a two edged knife and it might have to some scraping to do another must-have tool is a Lin bite scraper you've got to have a Lin bite scraper got to have a two…

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