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Should You Caulk Cabinets Before Painting? When to Caulk and When Not to!

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Ultimately, the decision to caulk or not to caulk floating panels depends on a variety of factors: client expectations and specifications (especially from interior designers), the local climate (dry vs. humid), the type of wood and its inherent movement, and the chosen topcoat (flexibility). Painters should be flexible, evaluate each situation individually, and confidently decide based on all these considerations, ensuring clear communication with the client about potential outcomes and product choices.

Goal: Confidently decide whether to caulk based on a comprehensive evaluation.

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there's some times that you know you can be flexible do things do it one way or do it not not another way or even if you don't believe you know caulking the panels is the right thing to do um that's okay too you know but be flexible with um whether somebody else believes that you know they should do it or not and once again michael's got to be he has to be flexible with this job because the client wants it you know that's what the client's expectations are and they want these things they want them caulked and that's what um the designers expectations are on this job who's um involved in this who's doing all the specifications for the job and so the designers has probably had experience with cabinets um being caught the panel's being caulked and that's what they want and i think one thing is if the designer specs that and you do it and it doesn't turn out right then um i think that's kind of like on the designer so you have a little bit of a protection there all right so we're just finishing up working on this job and just want to just you know close out you know should you or should you not caulk and we've got two situations here we've got you know a situation where i'm not going to the panels we got a situation where michael is going to caulk the panels and and really is just being flexible you know as a painter and be flexible with what the client wants or even what the designer wants and what their needs are so um you know should you or should you not talk every situation is different um just take it the situation evaluate it and decide on your own and be confident with your decision hope you've enjoyed this video hit the

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