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Initial Sanding with Paint Eater

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Steps Painting Your House. Prime RIGHT, Painting A House

What happens here

The presenter uses a Paint Eater power tool to sand the door jambs and some areas of the siding. He demonstrates sanding the top, sides, and bottom of the door jamb, then the door itself, and also small areas on the siding where there are dots of old caulk. He emphasizes that the Paint Eater excels at feathering out peeling paint edges and removing paint faster than a regular sander.

Goal: Smooth peeling paint edges and remove loose paint.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Eater Wagner — Sanding peeling paint and feathering edges, Respirator 3M

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all right we got the dirty part done that's the part I don't like doing is getting all dusty and dirty but I'll tell you like some people are gonna ask me well why am I using the paint eater and then going over with a sander why don't I just use a sander why don't I use a painting er the paint either it had feathers all the paint edges like a sander won't it takes down the edges about three times faster than the sander will so I hit it with the paint either feather out all the peeling paint edges this will take off paint the sander won't and so they kind of both serve two purposes the door jambs looking pretty dang good now I'm compared to what it was I'm gonna it and then I'm gonna spackle the nail heads and then I'm going to put

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