The Secrets of Pro Painters
filling cracks in the wall before painting
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
sanding wall surfaces before painting
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
caulking
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
taping
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
impervo paint
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
painting with brush
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
painting top down
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
painting trim
Photo: Geoffrey Gross
painting window trim
Photo: Geoffrey Gross

Find, then fix, cracks and dents

Follow hand-sanding with liquid sandpaper

Sponge-bath the walls, and then caulk all cracks

Use tape—maybe

Pick a powerful primer

Buy a better brush

Work top down

Cut in close

Windows take time, so tackle them in the morning

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Where to Find It

Dripless, Inc.
134 Lystra Ct., #A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
www.dripless.com
800-960-1773
Dripless caulk guns.

The Flood Co.
Box 399
Hudson, OH 44236-0399
www.floodco.com
800-321-3444
Floetrol and Penetrol paint additives.

Jasco Chemical Corp.
1008 North Fuller Street
Santa Ana CA, 92701
www.jasco-help.com
888-345-2726
No-Rinse TSP Substitute.

Lilly Industries
4999 36th Street
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
www.goof-off.com
616-940-2900
Good-Bye Crack paint.

3M, Construction Markets Division
Box 33225
St. Paul, MN 55133-3225
www.mmm.com
800-480-1704
Sandblaster sanding sponges.

Masterchem Industries
Box 368
3135 Hwy. M
Barnhart, MO 63012
www.kilz.com
800-325-3552
Kilz Total One primer.

Minwax
10 Mountainside Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
www.minwax.com
800-526-0495
High Performance wood filler.

Purdy Corporation
13201 North Lombard
Portland, OR 97203-6410
www.purdycorp.com
503-286-8217

Wooster Brush Co.
604 Madison Avenue
Box 6010
Wooster, OH 44691
www.woosterbrush.com
800-392-7246

William Zinsser & Co.
173 Belmont Drive
Somerset, NJ 08875
www.zinsser.com
732-469-8100
Bulls Eye 1-2-3 primer.


Further reading:

House Painting Inside and Out
by Mark Dixon and Bob Heidt
The Taunton Press, 1997, $19.95.
www.tauntonplus.com
800-888-8286

Article: Scrape, Sand, Prime (repeat)
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