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Category Archives: Don’t Hire a Professional
Three Summers of Scraping Paint – Now We’re Done – DIY
Other than a few small areas that need tidying, I am finally done using the awful tool in the photo above. It’s been a long run: three summer vacations spent manually tearing away layer after layer of angry old paint … Continue reading
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Applying Wood Putty to Wood Siding Before Painting – DIY – Video
After scraping for what seems like forever, we continued our painting prep work by applying wood putty to the imperfections in each of the siding boards. This step is extremely important if you want to have siding that is smooth. … Continue reading
Scraping Paint From Decorative Moulding – DIY – Video
Is it molding or moulding? This is one of those words that has different spellings in American English and British English, much like colour/color and soccer/football. For this particular word, I prefer the British version because the American version makes … Continue reading
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