How to WET Sand a Paint Run in Waterborne Trim Paint.

[@glennrudolph9867]

YOU HAVE SAVED MY SANITY!!!!! YES... finally I know hahahaha... thank you, thank you, thank you! Trying to "feather" semi-gloss paint is impossible... until you learn this trick. brilliant :)

[@glennrudolph9867]

you have entered into my youtube hall of fame winners ;)

[@deekoh3996]

Good stuff! I like using a carbide scraper blade works really good for runs.

[@Mowers11]

XC, another great video tip. I had been dry sanding my runs only had to use a little bit of filler to repair the tear outs. Your tried-and-true wet method will work much better thanks. Beautiful job on that spray Mill pack. By the way. I can appreciate how much spraying 7 or 8 gallons of trim paint is.

[@TheTireDepot]

Youre such a savage when it comes to painting. Keep up the good excellent work. #paintlife

[@kendc5152]

Great tip & demo! Thanks

[@XCPainter]

Thanks a lot for that, and for watching 👍

[@vladimirfendich3951]

Cool video!

[@XCPainter]

Thank you much man!

[@jcthehappypainter1938]

Where i can buy the yellow ligts thanks

[@XCPainter]

@@jcthehappypainter1938 it is Utilitech brand. Bought it at Lowe's a couple years ago $99

[@DEK981967]

Nice job !!!

[@XCPainter]

Thanks man I appreciate that!

[@robertbaker7223]

Have you ever tried rolling the runs out when still wet? Found it was easier to sand the Orange pill affect off than try to cut a run off!

[@Artie6937]

Wow looks fantastic, a lot of woodwork in that house, I tried spraying some water based alkyd gloss enamel with my air assisted airless for a test before I try it on a job, I’m having trouble making it look good, if I have the flat it looks great when it’s wet but when is dry looks terrible any pointers? I have only really spray solvent base on woodwork..

[@davecornette6188]

Thanks again for another great video. Do you hand brush all the casements or remove and spray?

[@XCPainter]

Thank you Dave, I prepped, primed, and sprayed everything in place.

[@XCPainter]

The windows are vinyl windows...

[@taragyurkovits3558]

For bookcases and built ins with deep boxes how do you deal with dry spray / bounce back I have some built ins coming up and super nervous. Is the trick to go fast enough so every thing stays wet? Great job by the way

[@XCPainter]

Thanks, I would start at the inside bottom cubby of built ins. Ive started at top and learned from getting a slightly rough finish (wet sanded out and resprayed). Have you seen my video of me spraying built-ins? I have a good video showing a neat way I sprayed some that were 2 ft deep.

[@carlos-uj3qg]

Hi XC, Another great video. How long did it take you to prepare, paint and clean up the entire project?

[@XCPainter]

Thanks!! A long time on this one. Couple hundred man hours. There's rooms downstairs not shown (in this video) and an upstairs as well.

[@carlos-uj3qg]

Were you alone or you had help?

[@XCPainter]

Some help. Mostly by myself

[@georgeEPC]

Good Video...never heard of Kelley Moore here in Massachusetts. What else would you have used? I know you use a lot of BM

[@XCPainter]

Could have used any paint, but that particular job called for performance paint at a affordable price ($35 instead of $55 a gallon).

[@georgeEPC]

what BM would you have chosen?

[@XCPainter]

@@georgeEPC there's 3 choices on the waterborne category that come to mind. I go with what product fits the clients needs or the scope of the work. Advance, Cabinet Coat, or Scuff-X. Each has their own characteristics and appeal to different clients. Advance shows everything and has long dry time of course. Scuff X has been getting rave reviews!!

[@georgeEPC]

Advance shows everything?? What do you mean?? Thought you might have suggested Regal

[@XCPainter]

@@georgeEPC I mean yeah advance will be a very smooth finish but any imperfection or scratches can show. It still is great but its just shiney.

[@nialloconnor5321]

Hey buddy another class spraying , love your videos man , you haven't released one in awhile , quick question might be able to help me , have you ever spray finished walls ?? would you use the graco fine finish tip if so ? or just a regular blue tip ? cause i have the idea like spraying woodwork get a flawless finish use fine finish tips for the walls , but every time i go do it it keeps blocking in my gun , but when i put back the blue tips it sprays fine any idea friend ???

[@XCPainter]

I spray walls many times. You can use fine finish tips if you strain your paint, check/clean pump filter, and keep a clean 100 mesh filter in the spraygun. Graco 100 are teal, titan 100 mesh are yellow.

[@XCPainter]

If your spray set up and application is a fine finish quality, the results will still be determined by the condition and smoothness of the substrate, or if it's sealed evenly well before finish coats of paint.

[@nialloconnor5321]

@@XCPainter Thankyou for your reply 😊

[@nialloconnor5321]

@@XCPainter Thankyou for your reply appreciate it 😊

[@XCPainter]

@@nialloconnor5321 you're welcome, I hope that helps answers and resolve the issues.

[@fernandocolunga3271]

Beautiful job man ! 👍🏻 So how exactly do you make those nail holes disappear in the mdf ? ? What I do is , I first fill them with painters puddy, sand puddy , apply red bondo, primer and finally go through and check red bondo once again. Then I do two coats of finish paint . And (well yea obviously sand bondo and primer as well)

[@XCPainter]

Thank you very much. For this job the steps were set nails,scrape holes first, vacuum brush trim, fill with Elmers wood filler, then orbital sand filler and swolen mdf around holes, and get the factory primer smooth. Then clean and 2nd fill with Crawford's. Hand sand with fine sponge, clean caulk, mask, prime, light sand, clean, spray 2 top coats 1 day apart.

[@XCPainter]

I have a video showing my mdf prep steps also on this same home/job. Title is "Prepping and Painting MDF: Introduction to millpacks"

[@fernandocolunga3271]

I gotta try that ! Thanks bro 🙏🏼

[@Purifiedinfire]

What grit of sandpaper

[@XCPainter]

You can use 220 and finer. For finicky or shiny topcoats, I'd use 600

[@nialloconnor5321]

Hey bud , I love your videos. You ask people to subcribe and like. I ask you a question and can you not give me a professional answer mate ??

[@XCPainter]

Hi I appreciate your support I'll answer your question

[@nialloconnor5321]

@@XCPainter Thankyou buddy, just really nice to be able to ask painter who sprays daily

[@raulzamora8928]

Pristine.