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Want your old trim to look fresh, smooth and crisp? These tips show you how the pros do it. The old adage, “A good paint job is 90 percent prep work and 10 percent painting,” is absolutely 100 percent true. A quick coat of paint applied over existing paint or stain may look good—but it won’t last.
The key to a long-lasting paint job is to prepare the woodwork so it’s clean and gloss free. In this story, we’ll show you how to achieve a mar-free surface that’ll hold paint for 10 years or even longer. Best of all, the new paint job will look like you hired it done by a nitpicky pro.
Whether you’re repainting painted wood or painting wood that’s been stained and varnished, the steps and tips we show here apply to any woodwork—door, window or trim.
Real pro painters know they can’t rush a job. This story will show you key tips on how the pros remove a surface layer of paint to prepare interior woodwork for optimum adhesion of the new primer and paint. We won’t show you how to strip layers of old paint down to bare wood using heat or chemical strippers.
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