Tools for Refinishing a Door Jamb

Video Transcript

"MARK BLOCKER: Hello. My name is Mark Blocker on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment, we're going to cover the tools needed or required to sand down the doors and prep them and refinish them for painting. As you see, you look down at the table so you may be wondering, "Where's the power equipment?" We're not going to use any power sanding equipment in this environment for a couple of reasons. One is dust control and the other is all too often power sanders can be hard to control the flatness of the surface you're working on. All the sanders will make a surface smooth but we want to make sure that we keep good, straight, clean lines. So, I'm using a hand sander that's got a big, wide base, flat surface and I want to ensure that everything stays good and flat as well as smooth. I've got a coarse grit sandpaper, 100-grit for the initial rough sanding and then I've got a fine 220-grit sandpaper that we'll use for finishing in between the coats and light touch up. I also have a little steel wool and is used as a fine sandpaper for getting a little bit easier accessibility into the cracks and corners. I've got an assortment of hand chisels, putty knives and scrapers, assortment of paint brushes and I'll take just a minute and kinda cover those. When I'm looking for a good quality, smooth finish in painting, I always use an angle sash brush. And a sash brush is one that tapers down to a real thin finest point. It allows you to lay a thinner coat and a smoother coat on. And I have those in a couple of different sizes. And then a basic foam roller. On good smooth surfaces where the gloss paint just leaves a real good, fine, smooth surface except a little for trim work. I also have some blue masking tape and this is the non-stick type that you can apply to paint in walls. And when you remove it, it won't take the paint or damage the existing walls or other structures. It's a blue scotch brand tape and it works extremely good. So, you want to remember to avoid using your standard masking tape 'cause when you apply it to a wall or a painted surface, when you remove the tape it can quite easily take the paint off the wall or on the surface that you're trying to protect. So, you want to use a tape that's designed to apply to a painted surface and be safely removed without damaging the paint. The other things just--sometimes a razor blade might be good for small scraping or stuff of that nature. And that should pretty much cover it for the tools needed/required for sanding and repainting the door. As I stated earlier, we're working on an actual job site here, so please bear with us on a little bit of background noise here and there. We'll try and cut through that to make sure that we get good, clear audio. Please watch our next segment on preparing the work area."