Base Paint for Refinishing Door Jamb

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MARK BLOCKER: Hello. I'm Mark Blocker on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment, we're going to cover applying the base coat to the door jambs. This would be the first coat. The color is called an antique white, kinda with the wall. It looks almost a yellowish color, but--so, just like as in the first steps of applying our primer coats, we want to do the same thing with the base coat, go ahead and start to cut in. We'll get all the places the brush won't--or the roller won't reach. And once again, stressing that we want thin, even coat. And you just want to take your time because these are the finish coats and do a good job, watch for runs. Just go down through to all the corners, edges. And a tip you might want to remember: if you see a nick or something that you might have missed or didn't catch your eye and you need to go back and add a little putty or something to it, anytime you use putty or caulk, you need to make sure you that you seal that up with primer before putting paint on it. Because it just doesn't seal correctly and the putty or caulk can come through the finish and show up as a matted or flat surface on a semi-gloss or glossy paint. So, if you do need to add a little more putty or make a minor repair, you need to make sure you touch that up with primer. Okay. We're finished with all our cut in. The next phase of the operation is just to finish out the door jambs with a roller. So, please watch our next segment on "Applying the Base Coat with a First Base Coat Part 2".

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