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You might think that when you're getting ready to paint the inside of a room, both the walls
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the woodwork, the trim, and everything else, that to get a great job instead of a good job
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that the two most important tools are the roller and the paintbrush. Guess what? You're wrong
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The most important tool to use before you even get started is a caulk gun. The reason that the
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caulk gun is so important is that you use this tool to fill all those troublesome gaps between
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the woodwork and the wall. If you don't fill those before you paint, after you're finished painting
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it just looks really tacky. The key to caulking is to make sure that the size of the hole where
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the caulk comes out of the tube is just right. So cut off little pieces of the tube until you start
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to expose the end of the tube to get the hole just right. You want the size of the hole at the
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end of the caulk tube to match the width of the crack. You need to make sure before you
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actually caulk that you purchased the right caulk. Look for one that says siliconized
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acrylic or paintable. And once you've got the tip cut, it's time to caulk. Simply take
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the caulk gun and put it right at the crack and start to gently squeeze the trigger until
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a small amount of caulk comes out. Don't put on too much. There's no need for a lot of
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caulk. Stop the caulk gun and then take your finger and use it to go ahead and smooth the
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caulk inside the joint. But you're not finished yet. You take the sponge, there's very little
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water in it, and a couple of strokes down the caulk joint and you are good to go. Caulking
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is really simple, makes a big difference on your paint project. I'm Tim Carter, Ask the Builder
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