Five Easy Steps To Prepare Your Piece For PAINTING OR STAINING | Episode 38 @TheMissFlips
Five Easy Steps To Prepare Your Piece For PAINTING OR STAINING | Episode 38  @TheMissFlips
Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hey Guys! Welcome back! In today’s Episode! In todays episode, I am going to be breaking down my preparation for preparing a piece for Painting and staining in Five Easy Steps:
1. CLEANING
2. REPAIRS
3. SANDING
4. CLEANING AGIAN
5. AND TAPING

Prepping a piece can be daunting! So I made this video to hopefully make the process a little easier to understand and apply to your own pieces.

As usual, stay flippin!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Piece Inspection
1:06 - Cleaning
2:21 - Wood Filler Repairs
4:00 - Drawer Slide Repairs
5:31 - Patching Nail Holes
6:12 - Filling in Cracked Veneer
7:07 - Repairing Separating Dove Tail Joints
8:24 - How to Reuse a Wood Glue Needle
8:47 - Sanding
15:31 - Hand Sanding Corners
16:15 - Cleaning After Sanding
16:39 - Taping
19:04 - Caring Wood Filler
19: 46 - The Big Reveal

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