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Exterior Paint Stripping and Priming

Bob examines the exterior of the home where several layers of paint are being removed. Cortney describes the procedures and tools used to restore the original windows. Priming is the final step before painting can begin.
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Exterior Paint Stripping and Priming

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" And that does paint build up but it's -- Danger ahead -- the drift its they've -- latex over oil based -- of this and I don't think there's ever been real a real good flat job cut not on the top shelf now this will be a first good crept up. What have you done around here to get the -- down to bare exit. This step we water blast of the house first that we took this just grinder and ground down to this surfaced. And we have we have gathered this grinder -- the rotary Sanders really the best tool -- use when you've got a lot of built up paint -- alligator. Layers thief because it is really rough. We can take care of getting that off there and it's also great idea to always have dropped -- that you collect all the particles. That are falling off the house and dispose of them carefully -- of the faith would have let you know. We can be a very very hazardous thing that."

" What are the problems that we've -- it feels that since these are old windows and we are preserving out some of the buttons. Head. Become the laminated in which we glutamate can nail them play detective repair the fat. We've put in his push he ends. Some places with a glass was brought you replace it with some of the old glass that would. -- Well if he had a hand scraper to get the big -- off. --"

" The areas that have gone down to bare wood. Looks like -- whatsoever it's. This is where you have to really spot prime right ride they'll be at that priming and two processes first to seal -- drain seconds that went over. Their prime and again that's built us up. They can that we've got consistency here what kind of primer we're using reason. Weather -- oil primer on oil based primer. Yeah that you can prime the whole house in latex and then put oil over if that's what's being done more and more these days. But here with a spot priming and -- good choice go with the oil. What about the sash. -- Driving them is a really important part of the operation to yes the primer needs to be in place prior to the glaze which we're using. An oil base weather -- please. And this is our -- over here in the corner who's been glazing the -- that Betsy this is your favorite job."

" us. The thing is that. There's got to be very careful and then they'll really. Good -- good groove of the line yeah. The -- move this straight exactly is this is really good finish for the my guess that is yes it is -- look at -- and ninety's. Amusingly. Glazing -- additional point exactly gives -- the corners that. What did you cauldron yes it. In it's."

" When you get to the corner each one of those pains you just good that's what she used it on that next -- Okay. And of course one of the key things is that you keep up. All of the eye glazing compound with you at all times in your hot little hand so that to keep needing it and it's and yeah this condition to work."

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