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Perform Final Caulking and Surface Protection

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Painting a house with The Idaho Painter. Steps to spraying.

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What happens here

Perform final detailed prep work, including caulking seams between concrete and the house to prevent pests like ants and millipedes from entering, and to create clean lines for painting. This is demonstrated by applying caulk along the concrete footing. Also, ensure any remaining unfinished caulking on gables is completed before spraying. Use drop cloths on concrete walkways or patios to prevent overspray, especially when painting areas like undersides of overhangs or concrete ceilings white.

Tools and materials

  • Caulk
  • Caulking Gun
  • Drop Cloths

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oh let's get after it there's a few um final prep um we got to caulk this seam down here looks like we can definitely be getting bugs and stuff getting into the house right there i know there's a problem with ants um and millipedes getting in the house that could be we cocked it on this side so we definitely want to finish that the gable up there before we spray the gable we've got some finished caulking we're gonna do with that we are gonna spray the um we're going to paint the the stain the chimney to match black too so that's going to go black so i'll be a stain instead of um you know that right there it's never been painted or stained before ideally it's best to be stained so with a solid color stain um it'll last longer these roof jacks we typically will paint these things black you'll say they kind of go away disappear we got overspray from the previous painters on those we'll spray these things black going all the way up they'll look a lot nicer the other roof jacks are damaged we gotta put new ones on so we'll do that looks like we're ready to go to continue on

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