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Surface Preparation: Dusting, Sanding, and Caulking

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Painting Trim without BRUSH MARKS!

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What happens here

Before applying any masking tape or paper, thoroughly dust the baseboards and floors with a duster brush. Dust will prevent tape from adhering properly, leading to paint bleed-through. For old baseboards, sand any rough areas with a sanding block or an orbital sander. Ensure thorough sanding in corners and edges. After sanding, vacuum the baseboards and masked areas to remove dust, preventing it from mixing with the paint. Finally, use a caulking gun to fill any gaps or cracks between the baseboards and the wall or in corners. Cut the caulk tube at a 45-degree angle for a small bead, and smooth it with a wet finger for a seamless finish.

Goal: Prepare baseboards and surrounding areas for clean and smooth paint application.

Tools and materials

  • 1-inch Tape — Securing masking paper and creating clean lines
  • 9-inch Paper — Protecting floors from overspray
  • Caulking Gun — Applying caulk to fill gaps and cracks
  • Duster Brush — Removing dust from baseboards and floors
  • Hand Masker — Efficiently applying masking tape and paper simultaneously
  • Orbital Sander — Efficiently sanding large areas of baseboards
  • Sanding Block — Sanding rough areas on baseboards
  • Sponge — Wiping excess caulk and smoothing the caulk bead
  • Vacuum Cleaner — Removing sanding dust from all surfaces
  • Caulk — Filling gaps and cracks along trim
  • Water Tap water — Wetting finger for smoothing caulk

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painting the trim we have baseboards in here and we don't have any window trim we got a couple doors that have door jambs so it's gonna be very simple but I'm gonna walk McKenna through the process of painting your own trim and we're gonna be spraying it so we got to start off by masking we're gonna use in some tools we've got nine-inch paper we've got 1 inch but we don't want any pain to bleed onto her nice hardwood floors so we're gonna be using some blue frog tape this is frog tape right here frog tape blue and it's the same as the green frog tape it swells on the edges and doesn't allow any paint to bleed underneath of it this is the blue form so this is the contractor pack it comes in a four pack we got the 1 inch tape and I'm gonna be showing her how to mass down here on the floors we'll be putting our inch and half tape down and that are putting our paper on top of that so we be using a hand master and then we're gonna be using dust or brushes we have some old brushes here because we don't want our floors to be dusty cuz the tape won't stick so we're gonna sweep the floors with our dusts or brushes along the edges of the baseboards run our tape then run our tape and paper and then prep the top of it by caulking anything that needs to be prepped or sanded caulking the tops of the baseboards or spackling any things so let's get moving on to the project begin it so the first process we want to start with McKenna is the dusting and I want to just walk around and I want to dust the tops of my baseboards and I want to dust the floor along where the masking is gonna go if you don't dust the floor the masking is not going to stick very well and then you'll also get paint bleed underneath your masking because you won't get a good good adhesion but the tops of the baseboards they didn't do a very good job caulking the tops of them so we're gonna dust the tops of the baseboards and recaulk some of those and then also dusting the floor so just I'm just gonna walk around and quickly dust the tops of this stuff and you can just work right along right there and you want to dust it really well and then you can take a shot back and shop back that up but everything's gonna get all dirty anyways because we're painting so we'll just work on this dusting process get it really clean and then we'll move on to the next step I'm gonna set up my master a hand master is set up just like this you put your roll of tape on the tape comes over the top right here so you can see…

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