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Painting Chalky Surfaces! How to make your paint adhere better!

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What happens here

Chris, the Idaho Painter, introduces the video focusing on how to handle chalky surfaces, particularly metal doors. He emphasizes the critical importance of proper preparation, stating that one should never paint directly over a chalky surface. For large projects, he suggests using a power washer with a rotating agitator nozzle to remove chalkiness. For smaller projects like the metal door in the video, where a power washer might not be accessible, he recommends manual cleaning with specific products. He also briefly mentions EmulsaBond as a paint additive to improve adhesion on surfaces that remain slightly chalky.

Goal: The presenter introduces the topic of dealing with chalky surfaces, specifically a metal door, and discusses general methods for proper preparation to ensure paint adhesion.

Tools and materials

  • Power washer
  • Rotating agitator nozzle
  • EmulsaBond Flood

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hey this is chris the idaho painter here on paint live tv today i got a little a short video for you and this is about dealing with chalky surfaces and this will i'm kind of apply to um houses or work actually show you a door a metal door that's extremely chalky how i dealt with it and how i went about painting it so if you run into this don't paint over chalky surfaces without prepping it properly there's one method you can do and you can just really power wash this using a rotating agitating nozzle to get all that chalkiness off or you can just scrub it and clean it by hand this door was a small door didn't have access to um water and a power washer where i could power wash it and make it fast and easy so i just wiped it down with some simple products a product called crud cutter and walk you through that process now if i had a large house to do i'm just going to power wash that thing using an agitating nozzle and it rotates and agitates and it cleans really well and i've had a whole lot of success painting chalky surfaces just doing that if you get to the point where it's still a little bit chalky and you're uncomfortable try emulsifying add that to your paint and it it's an additive to paint that makes paint bond to chop these surfaces a lot better but here's some tips and tricks painting a chalky surface coming your way

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