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Things to Know Before Painting or Staining !!

Lately I've been working on some renovation projects that were involving paint and stain and I thought I would give some tips for the people who want to get some professional results !! I will give you guy's a concrete example of how you have to improvise when comes time to fix a little problem that comes along the way !! I had to install some 2" thick corner shelves in my baby's room and they are almost identical to the ones you can buy at IKEA !! Here's the hitch !! They where to go into a 12" wall offset and I couldn't get them to sit square, so I decided to use painted tape to avoid the edges from chipping and cut them on my 12" sliding miter saw !! Everything went well until I hit a staple and a chip the size of my small nail flew off the to edge of the shelve !! To fix the chip I had to first use Dex a pink type of filler that dries white when ready to sand the patch and also to put a small amount of primer on the repair to allow the new