Caulk Baseboards

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Add the finishing touch. Baseboards finish off your Torginol flaked floors. #torginol

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What happens here

After sanding and cleaning the baseboards, apply caulk to seal any gaps between the top edge of the baseboards and the wall, and also along any inside corners or where different pieces of baseboard meet. Use a caulking gun to apply a continuous, even bead of caulk, then smooth it with a wet finger or a caulking tool for a clean, professional line.

Goal: Seal gaps between baseboards and walls for a clean, finished appearance.

Tools and materials

Caulking Gun — Dispensing caulk evenly
Caulking Tool — Smoothing the caulk bead (can also use a wet finger)
Painter's Tape — Protecting the newly installed floor and walls from paint
Paintable Caulk — Sealing gaps and cracks

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sand. If you caulk first and then sand afterwards, you can damage the caulking or you've got to wait for the caulking to cure. And some caulking caulkings take, you know, 12 to 24 hours. So, spackle, sand, then we're going to caulk, and then we're going to paint. So, I've got my Echo sander 3x4 sander set up with 240 grit Filmtech flat cuz we're just sanding all the flat baseboards. The spackle's dry and ready

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