Molding sanding: techniques for curves and details The afternoon light hit the hallway just right—the kind of slant that makes crisp edges glow and tiny flaws stand out like little shadows. The old crown molding you’d decided to keep (and …
Trim Sanding: Scuffing Glossy Trim for Strong Adhesion If you’ve ever run your fingers along a glossy window casing and thought, “There’s no way paint will stick to this,” you’re right—at least not for long without the right prep. I’ve …
Best sponge for trim: sanding grits that last Saturday morning light spilled across the hallway, revealing every chip and ridge along the baseboards that I’d stopped seeing months ago. The kind of small defects you only notice when you …
Profile Sanding: Trim Details Without Rounding Over A Saturday morning, coffee cooling on the bench, I’m staring at a stretch of 1920s casing that’s seen one too many paint jobs and a hard century of sun. The ogee still reads elegant from …
Baseboard Sanding: Pro Workflow for Repainting Rooms The moment you move furniture, pull the drapes, and really look at your trim under morning light, the baseboards tell the story of the room. Years of shoes grazing the quarter round, …
Molding sanding: keep crown profiles crisp On a quiet Saturday morning, you finally pull the drop cloths over your living room floor and tilt a lamp toward the ceiling. The crown molding looks elegant from a distance, but up close the paint …
Mastering Trim Sanding for Perfect Paint Finish Picture this: it’s a sunny Saturday afternoon, and you’re finally tackling that home improvement project you’ve been putting off. You’ve set your sights on the dated, …