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Why Your House Gets Dusty So Fast and How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, You're listening to a Home in Progress by
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  Speaker 1: repcoll Like Paint, sponsored by Benjamin Moore. And this week
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  Speaker 1: has been insanely busy as I'm getting ready for some
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  Speaker 1: big events next week celebrating contract or Appreciation Month. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: because of all of that, I'm doing a best of
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  Speaker 1: show this week. I hope you enjoy it. I guess
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what we're talking about at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the show. The last half of the show, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to be walking through a kitchen cabinet repaint project
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  Speaker 1: step by step. I'm going to lay it all out
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  Speaker 1: everything you need to know to decide if this is
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  Speaker 1: a project you can tackle, that you should tackle, if
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  Speaker 1: it's a project maybe you should hire out. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to lay it all out. Coming up in a little
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  Speaker 1: bit right now, I want to talk about dust. I've
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of frustration right now and a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a confession to make you know. My house is dusty,
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  Speaker 1: really dusty. I mean, I can't stress that enough. All right,
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  Speaker 1: it's like the dust bowl in there. A couple weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: for example, I took my own advice and I spring
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  Speaker 1: cleaned one of the rooms that we've got in the
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  Speaker 1: house and I went through it thoroughly. You know. We vacuumed,
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  Speaker 1: we moved furniture, we washed walls, we dusted, we did
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  Speaker 1: it all really well. We washed windows, we did all
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  Speaker 1: of that, and then within a week everything's covered with
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  Speaker 1: dust again. I don't know why. I don't know how.
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  Speaker 1: It's horrible, it's everywhere. Honestly, it makes me glad that
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  Speaker 1: I'm short. In fact, let me let me get off
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  Speaker 1: on a quick tangent here. You know, I know short
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  Speaker 1: people catch a lot of grief. We do, We really do.
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  Speaker 1: Most of the time. It's well meaning, you know, everybody
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  Speaker 1: thinks it's well meaning. But we do get teased all
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  Speaker 1: the time. And that's fine, that's fine whatever. You know, Ali,
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  Speaker 1: I can only speak for me. You know, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: speaking for all short people. I'm not their short or
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  Speaker 1: they're they're spokesperson, they're short person. I'm not their spokesperson.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not king of the short people. I don't get
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  Speaker 1: to just say what works for me and it works
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  Speaker 1: for all all of us. Now we are individuals and
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  Speaker 1: everybody's got their own decisions to make. For me, I
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  Speaker 1: don't mind it. I can deal with it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I can roll with it. But you know what, the
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  Speaker 1: more I think about it, the more I think it's
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  Speaker 1: actually ideal. You know, It's not just something that I
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  Speaker 1: kind of make fun of and laugh about. I think
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  Speaker 1: I've got the ideal situation. You know. For one thing,
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  Speaker 1: I was just talking with somebody about traveling, you know,
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  Speaker 1: by plane, and he hates it. Hates air travel. Why
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  Speaker 1: does he hate it? He hates it because he's a
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  Speaker 1: tall person. He can never get comfortable in the seats.
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  Speaker 1: There's no leg room. Guess what. I can sit in
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  Speaker 1: the seat in the airplane with my legs stretched out
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  Speaker 1: fully and my toes extended, and I still can't touch
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  Speaker 1: the back of the seat in front of me. Talk
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  Speaker 1: about leg room, I mean, my goodness, I can swim
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  Speaker 1: in that seat. My space on the plane feels like
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  Speaker 1: my living room at home. I've got so much legroom,
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  Speaker 1: it's crazy. Same thing with traveling by car. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I hear tall people complaining non stop from the back seat,
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  Speaker 1: my legs don't fit. Can you move your seat forward?
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  Speaker 1: They're always asking things like that, you know, can I
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  Speaker 1: move my seat forward? Of course I cannot move my
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  Speaker 1: seat forward. My seat has been adjusted at the dealership
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  Speaker 1: to go further forward than other seats so that I
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  Speaker 1: can reach the pedals. I can't move it forward anymore
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  Speaker 1: than it already is. What you're experiencing right now is
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  Speaker 1: more leg room than normal in the back of my car,
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  Speaker 1: and you still don't have enough. Guess what. I am
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  Speaker 1: always comfortable no matter where I'm going, no matter what
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  Speaker 1: vehicle I'm riding in. I could live in a back
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  Speaker 1: seat and feel perfectly at peace. So being short has
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  Speaker 1: tremendous benefits, and one of them gets me back to
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  Speaker 1: my dust problem. I'm glad I'm short because a number
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  Speaker 1: of furniture pieces in the room that I spring cleaned
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  Speaker 1: and around the house. For Heaven's sake, you know, pretty
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  Speaker 1: much most furniture pieces are too tall for me to
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  Speaker 1: see the tops of them. You know, tall people living
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  Speaker 1: in my home. There's no tall people in my home.
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  Speaker 1: What am I talking about tall people visiting my home?
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  Speaker 1: Should such a thing happen, they would be in a
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  Speaker 1: constant state of sadness or despair over the dust that
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  Speaker 1: they would see. Me. I am blissfully unaware of most
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  Speaker 1: of it. So that's one blessing, one little blessing that
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  Speaker 1: I've got. Little blessing. It's a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: joke there. Anyway. The dust is driving me nuts. I
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  Speaker 1: don't really know how I got off on that doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: The dust is driving me nuts. And I can hear
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  Speaker 1: a lot of you out there. You know a number
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  Speaker 1: of you are probably shouting at me right now and
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  Speaker 1: telling me to get the air ducks cleaned out, and
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  Speaker 1: that that's going to fix everything. But will it? Will it?
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  Speaker 1: Will that fix everything? We're going to dig into that
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  Speaker 1: next week, actually, and the answer might surprise you. But
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  Speaker 1: right now, let's focus on dust. What is it? Where
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  Speaker 1: does it come from? And what can I do about it?
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  Speaker 1: And I know that sounds really ridiculous that we're going
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  Speaker 1: to talk about dust. If you've got a dusty home,
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  Speaker 1: this is all really good stuff. I was surprised at
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  Speaker 1: a lot of this. I guess that's not the that's
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  Speaker 1: not necessary, you know, the definitive, uh, the determiner of
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  Speaker 1: whether this is good info. If I'm surprised, I think
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  Speaker 1: you'll be surprised. Ride with me. This is good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So let's talk about dust. What is it? Sounds really dumb,
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  Speaker 1: but like I said, it's interesting, more interesting and grosser
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  Speaker 1: than you might think. So, dust isn't just one thing.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just a thing you know that's dust. It's
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  Speaker 1: a mix of stuff. It's dead skin cells, it's tiny
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  Speaker 1: textile fibers from your clothes, your furniture, your carpet. It's
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  Speaker 1: pet dander, it's pollen, it's soil, it's hair, it's all
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  Speaker 1: kinds of microscopic debris from just living your life. And
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  Speaker 1: then on top of all of that, to make it
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  Speaker 1: a little weirder and maybe a little grosser, you've got
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  Speaker 1: dust mites. You know you do. You've got dust mites.
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  Speaker 1: Now you may be thinking, oh, I think not. We
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  Speaker 1: are meticulous without cleaning, and I can guarantee you you
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  Speaker 1: filthy little man, there are no dust mites here. Well
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  Speaker 1: you can think that, you can think that, but you're wrong.
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  Speaker 1: You've got dust mites. I've got dust mites. We're all
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  Speaker 1: the same here. You know, nobody's better than everybody else.
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  Speaker 1: You've got dust mites, so do either everywhere. They live
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  Speaker 1: in all that dust and debris that we've got. They
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  Speaker 1: feed off of our dead skin cells, and they add
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  Speaker 1: to the dust in our homes. You know, they're waste yay,
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  Speaker 1: and their body parts become part of that dust cloud
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  Speaker 1: floating around our homes. So first thing you need to
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  Speaker 1: understand about dust is that you don't need to open
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  Speaker 1: your windows for the dust to get in. You know,
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  Speaker 1: just keeping your windows closed doesn't keep it out. You know,
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  Speaker 1: sealed up homes with closed windows can build up dust
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  Speaker 1: faster than you'd expect. And it's all because a huge
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  Speaker 1: portion of the dust that we're living with is all
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  Speaker 1: created inside the home. It's created by you and your family,
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  Speaker 1: your pets, those wonderful little dust mites, and all the
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  Speaker 1: soft surfaces and belongings that make your house feel like home.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So the first bit of good news that
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  Speaker 1: I have for everybody is that you're probably at least
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  Speaker 1: maybe not messy like you might be thinking. You're not
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  Speaker 1: necesscessarily a filthy pig. It's just that you're alive and
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  Speaker 1: you're living in your home, and that generates dust. So
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  Speaker 1: give yourself a break. You're not a pig. Maybe you
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  Speaker 1: might just be alive, you know, in generating dust. All right,
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  Speaker 1: let's dig a little deeper now into the sources of
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  Speaker 1: this dust, and let's start with the people. And this
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  Speaker 1: is really fun. Every human being sheds about one point
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  Speaker 1: five grams of dead skin cells every day. Now, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't sound like a lot, maybe, but it adds up
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  Speaker 1: in fact, for an average person living an average lifespan,
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  Speaker 1: it's like eighty pounds eighty pounds of skin in our lifetime,
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  Speaker 1: you know, skin cells that we're shedding. That's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of me that's getting spread around the house on a
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  Speaker 1: regular basis and inhaled by everybody. Right, it's more than
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  Speaker 1: enough to feed a thriving dust might population. All right,
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  Speaker 1: let's get back to the sources of dust. We've covered people.
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  Speaker 1: Another big one is our pets, right, same story is
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  Speaker 1: with people. If you've got a dog or cat, especially
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  Speaker 1: one that sheds, you've got another significant contributor to dust.
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  Speaker 1: So Maggie, my golden retriever, who sheds like it's a
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  Speaker 1: spiritual gift of hers, she's a problem, at least in
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  Speaker 1: this regard. She's a wonderful problem, but she is contributing
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  Speaker 1: to my dust problem. So you've got people, You've got
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  Speaker 1: pets causing dust. Then there are the fabrics in your home.
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  Speaker 1: You know, your furniture, your batting, your rugs, your curtains,
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  Speaker 1: your clothes, all of those create dust because every time
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  Speaker 1: you sit down, roll over in bed, walk across the carpet.
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  Speaker 1: Anytime you do any of those things, tiny fibers are
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  Speaker 1: breaking loose. You know, they float into the air, they
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  Speaker 1: settle onto surfaces, and they add to that dust cocktail
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  Speaker 1: that we've all been brewing. All right, Last one I
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  Speaker 1: want to get to is what about your HVAC system. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: your HVAC system plays into this. You know, every time
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  Speaker 1: your furnace or your AC kicks on, it's moving air
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  Speaker 1: through a network of ducks, and depending on the condition
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  Speaker 1: of those ducks, that air might be picking up more
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  Speaker 1: than just warmth or coolness on the way to your
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  Speaker 1: living room. You know, over time, dust can settle in
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  Speaker 1: those ducks, especially in bends and dead spots, and when
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  Speaker 1: the system turns on, some of that dust gets stirred
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  Speaker 1: up and blown into your space. Or some ducks they're
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  Speaker 1: just not sealed well, and dust from attic spaces or
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  Speaker 1: whatever can get pulled into them and then redistributed through
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  Speaker 1: the home. And then there's your furnace filter. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's meant to catch airborne particles, but not all filters
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  Speaker 1: are created equal. You know, basic fiberglass ones will grab
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  Speaker 1: the bigger stuff, but they let the finer particles slip
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  Speaker 1: right through. You know, if it's been a while since
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  Speaker 1: you've changed your filter, or if you're using one of
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  Speaker 1: those low efficiency ones, that could be part of the problem.
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  Speaker 1: Filters with a nerve rating between eight and eleven can
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  Speaker 1: strike a good balance, you know, trapping more of that
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  Speaker 1: fine dust without choking your airflow down. Now, on a
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  Speaker 1: quick side note, we have talked about this before. Bumping
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  Speaker 1: up to a higher nerve rated filter. It might seem
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  Speaker 1: like a great way to eliminate dust, but it actually
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  Speaker 1: can put added strain on your HVAC system. You know,
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  Speaker 1: a filter that's too restrictive can reduce airflow and make
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  Speaker 1: your system work harder than it should. So don't just
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  Speaker 1: go all in on the high merv rating out there.
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  Speaker 1: If you're not sure what your system can handle, check
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  Speaker 1: with the folks who installed it or a qualified HVAC technician.
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  Speaker 1: It's always better to be safe than to create bigger
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  Speaker 1: problems trying to solve a different problem. Right, So, bottom line,
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  Speaker 1: with all the HVAC stuff, if you feel like you're
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  Speaker 1: dusting constantly, your HVAC system might be quietly working against you,
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  Speaker 1: circulating dust instead of trapping it, so it's worth checking
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  Speaker 1: your filter. And if you're curious what's inside those ducks,
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  Speaker 1: there are some cheap little inspection cameras that you can
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  Speaker 1: grab online. You can feed them down the ducks. They've
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  Speaker 1: got little lights on them, they'll snake their way around
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  Speaker 1: and send images directly back to your phone, or sometimes
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  Speaker 1: they've got their own little monitor that they come with.
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  Speaker 1: They're a great way to scope out what's going on
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  Speaker 1: in there. And they're usually like twenty five to fifty bucks,
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  Speaker 1: so super inexpensive, and you'll find a lot of other
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  Speaker 1: uses for them. So snag one, toss it in your
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  Speaker 1: ducks and take a peek, just in case your system's
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  Speaker 1: hiding a few decades worth a gunk. All right, what
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  Speaker 1: about duct cleaning? Is it worth it with that fix
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  Speaker 1: the problem? Well, we're going to dig into that next week.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of questions that I want to ask
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  Speaker 1: about it, a lot of things I want to dig into,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll cover that next week on the show. All right,
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  Speaker 1: last thing I want to mention on this segment is
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  Speaker 1: that dry air can play into the problem. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: create more dust, but it does keep it floating around longer. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the sweet spot for humidity is forty to fifty percent.
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  Speaker 1: If your home is sitting at thirty percent or lower,
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  Speaker 1: you might want to look into a humidifier. That's going
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  Speaker 1: to help you. If you're not sure where you're at,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in terms of humidity in your home, A
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  Speaker 1: ten dollars hygrometer is going to tell you. Go grab
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  Speaker 1: one online that'll let you know exactly where you're sitting.
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  Speaker 1: All right, all of that is good info, but it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't really help us unless we get to the action steps.
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  Speaker 1: What can I do about the dust in my home?
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  Speaker 1: We're going to get to all of that after a
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  Speaker 1: quick break. Stay right there. Home in Progress is brought
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  Speaker 1: people often think of paint as just another line item
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  Speaker 1: of Home in Progress by repcole Like Paint, sponsored by
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore, and we're talking about dealing with dust in
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  Speaker 1: your home. I hate dust in my home. It drives
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  Speaker 1: me nuts, makes me feel like I'm a filthy pig.
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  Speaker 1: Like my family is a filthy well, a group of
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  Speaker 1: filthy pigs. Whatever that's called, a herd of pigs, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what that's called. A group of pigs, A
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  Speaker 1: bunion of pigs. That doesn't sound right anyway. A group
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  Speaker 1: of pigs, filthy pigs. That's what we feel like. That's
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  Speaker 1: what I think of us. You know, when I see
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  Speaker 1: photos of all of us together, I think, wow, look
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  Speaker 1: at all those filthy pigs. I know what they do
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  Speaker 1: in a home. I know the dust they create drives
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  Speaker 1: me nuts. I hate it. So last segment we dug
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  Speaker 1: into the sources of dust in our homes and what
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  Speaker 1: makes it worse in all of those things, and now
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  Speaker 1: let's get to some practical steps to help you reduce
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  Speaker 1: it dramatically. And I can't believe that I just suggested
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  Speaker 1: that a photo of my children all gathered together reminded
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  Speaker 1: me of filthy pigs. I am so sorry, children. I
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  Speaker 1: was just being colorful with my language, trying to have
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of fun with a topic that's not
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  Speaker 1: terribly fun anyway. Let's get to some tips that will
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  Speaker 1: help you reduce dust in your home and hopefully reduce
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  Speaker 1: it drastically. And let's start with one that's bound to
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  Speaker 1: be a big hit. Vacuum regularly. Now, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: use the word regularly a lot in the next couple
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  Speaker 1: minutes here, And in this instance, the word regularly means
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  Speaker 1: way more often than you're already doing. So, if you've
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  Speaker 1: got a dust problem, vacuum way more often than you're
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  Speaker 1: already doing. Vacuum more, and make sure you're using a
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  Speaker 1: vacuum that has a Hepa filter. All right, that is
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  Speaker 1: not rocket science. That is not startling news. Everybody knows
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  Speaker 1: that that's not breaking news. But here are some things
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  Speaker 1: that you might not realize and it might help you.
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  Speaker 1: A bagged vacuum system, you know, the old fashioned bag vacuums.
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  Speaker 1: Those are better, significantly better at trapping dust than the
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  Speaker 1: fancy bagless systems. You know, unless you drop a lot
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  Speaker 1: of money and go with a really good, high end
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  Speaker 1: bagless vacuum, but the standard bagless vacuums that most of
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  Speaker 1: us have, A bagged system is generally going to trap
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  Speaker 1: and keep that dust better, not just the emptying of it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, We've seen the commercials where you empty the canister,
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  Speaker 1: the bagless canister, and dust goes everywhere. Because on the commercials,
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  Speaker 1: everybody empties that in their home. You know, if you're
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  Speaker 1: doing that, that's probably where your dust problem is starting from.
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  Speaker 1: Don't empty your canister in your home, do that outside.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, a bagged system makes that much easier.
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  Speaker 1: There's way less dust created. But also just in pulling
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  Speaker 1: the dust and keeping it contained in the system as
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  Speaker 1: you're working, as you're vacuuming, a bagged system does a
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  Speaker 1: better job. So if you're in the market for a
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  Speaker 1: vacuum cleaner and you do have a dust problem, something
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  Speaker 1: to consider. You know, the bag system. They're not as cool,
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  Speaker 1: not as flashy, but it does at least trap and
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  Speaker 1: hold the dust better. So either way, whatever vacuum system
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  Speaker 1: you've got, vacuum more often and make sure that you're
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  Speaker 1: routinely replacing or cleaning your HEPA filter. That's going to
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  Speaker 1: depend on your vacuum cleaner, whether you clean it or
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  Speaker 1: replace it. Dig into that and make sure that you're
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  Speaker 1: maintaining that. Okay, that's the first one. Second, let's just
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  Speaker 1: stay right here with the vacuums. You've got to not
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  Speaker 1: just vacuum your carpets and rugs regularly, you also need
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  Speaker 1: to vacuum your upholstered furniture. And when you're doing that,
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  Speaker 1: don't forget to get under the cushions. So do all
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  Speaker 1: of that regularly, and regularly in this instance means once
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  Speaker 1: a week. So once a week you're vacuuming the couch,
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  Speaker 1: the chairs, anything that's upholstered and under the cushions. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's the ideal. It sounds pretty bad, but it gets worse.
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  Speaker 1: If you've got pets, you need to do it even
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  Speaker 1: more often than that. I have pets probably will never
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  Speaker 1: turn the vacuum off from the way things look. So anyway,
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  Speaker 1: those are two things. A third thing dust smarter. Use
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  Speaker 1: a damp microfiber cloth instead of a feather duster, you know,
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: dry dusting just flings the dust back in the air, right,
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: trap it in the damp cloth, and then toss it
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: straight into the washer. That's the third idea. Fourth idea,
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: and I'm gonna warn you this one's depressing. At least
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: it was depressing to me. It's kind of like the
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: first two that I talked about. You've got to wash
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: your betting and your curtains regularly. There's that word again.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: Once a week is ideal for sheets. That's regularly. So
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: once a week you're washing your sheets. Every couple of
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: weeks you're washing curtains and throws and all of that stuff.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I got to decide how much I
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: hate dust, because it's either tolerate the dust or spend
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: the rest of my life cleaning. I don't know trying
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: to decide which one's worse anyway. Sixth, moving on, simplify
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: your space. You know, if you have a lot of
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: fabric heavy furniture and you are considering, you know, getting
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: new furniture, maybe consider switching to leather or wood pieces.
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: You know, they're just not going to hold dust the
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: same way. That might help you. Seventh, use air purifiers
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: in high traffic areas. You know, this is not rocket science.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: They do work. I've got one, it's working overtime. I
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: need more, or I need a bigger one. But try
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: an air purifier that can help. Eighth, control your humidity.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: You know we talked about that in the last segment.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: If it's too dry, dust hangs in the air. So
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: make sure that you've got the right humidity level, but
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: don't make it too high because if it's too damp,
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: you feed the dust mites that I said everybody has,
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: and you also risk mold. So keep it between forty
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: and fifty percent in your home. That's a great way
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: to go. Ninth, make sure you're swapping out your furnace
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: filters regularly. And tenth, what about cleaning out your air ducts.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: You know, I'm going to do a deeper dive into
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: this next week. I've already said that I want to
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: talk about it because it's a popular idea out there
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: and it makes sense. You know, it seems like it
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: would do a great job to clean up the air
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: in our homes, but it's also pricey. So before you
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: jump in and get somebody out to your home thinking
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: this is going to solve all of your dust problems,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: let's dig into it a little bit further. And we're
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: going to do that next week. And with that in mind,
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: if any of you out there have had your ducks
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: cleaned and you've got feedback or opinions one way or
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: the other, by all means share your experience, you can
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: email me at radio at repco Light dot com. I'm
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: looking for as much info as I can gather. So
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: if you've had a company come out and clean out
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: your air ducs, let me know what you thought about
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: the results. Radio at repco Light dot com. All Right, dust,
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: it's a fact of life. It's not a sign that
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: you're doing a bad job keeping house. It just means
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: your home is lived in. But that doesn't mean we
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: need to be overrun by it. It can't be eliminated,
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: but it can be controlled. So don't get discouraged. Try
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: a few of these tips that we talked about. See
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: what works. Anything you do is probably gonna help. All right,
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: let's take a break. When we come back, we're going
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: to be talking about paint your cabinets. It's a big project,
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: but it's also a project with a huge payoff. We'll
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: talk about everything you need to know coming up next.
• 19:07
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• 19:13
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  Speaker 1: want to jump into a major project. Over the last
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: few weeks, we've talked about things like choosing colors, you know,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: working with neutrals, painting ceilings, all kinds of stuff like that.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: But today let's go to probably the pre eminent DIY
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: home improvement project, painting your kitchen cabinets. I think this
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: is one of those projects where I can safely say
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: that we have all either done this project at least once,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: or we I've thought about doing it, you know, multiple
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: multiple times. I think everybody falls into one of those
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: two categories. Now, if you're in the second group, you
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: know you've thought about repainting your kitchen cabinets, but you
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: haven't jumped in. You haven't done it yet. The rest
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: of the show it's for you. It's my gift to you.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: It's going to help you. And if you have done
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: the job before it felt like you kind of struggled
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: to get the great results that you wanted, well you
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: get a gift too. This rest of the show is
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: for you as well. Everybody's going to win here. This
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: is one of those best bang for your buck projects
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: that you can possibly tackle around your home. You know,
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: the cabinets in your kitchen largely set the tone for
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: how that space feels. They take up so much wall
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: space and they're the main fixture in there. That's what
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: really attracts our attention in that room. So with that said,
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: what are yours saying? You know, if your kitchen cabinets
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: are in good shape, you know, they just look dated,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: maybe they're a color that you don't care for. If
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: that's what you're dealing with, you can fix it. For
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: a relatively small investment for paint and supplies, plus your
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: time and labor, you can completely change the entire look
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: and feel of your kitchen. You'll be blown away at
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: the difference. You know, just go online. I'm sure you've
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: already done this because this is such a big project
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: we all think about. But just look at before and
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: after pictures online, just google them, and it's sometimes hard
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: to even imagine that that's the same kitchen and all
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: that's changed is the kitchen cabinet color. So huge difference.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Not a big buy in when it comes to expense, Yeah,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: there's expense involved, but it's not big compared to you
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: know a lot of projects and what you get for it.
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: It's a huge bang for your buck. So let's walk
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: through the process step by step. And if you do
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: want a free downloadable guide, just head torepco light dot
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  Speaker 1: com backslash Cabinet Guide all one word cabinet Guide, fill
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: out that quick form and then I'll email you the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: PDF and you'll have all the info that you need
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: to confidently tackle this project. All right. One last thing
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: to clarify before I jump in. There are a lot
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: of different cabinet situations out there. You know. You could
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: have stained and varnished cabinets, you could have painted cabinets,
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: who knows what else, you know, all kinds of different things.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: The steps I'm going to describe in the rest of
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: the show are similar for all kitchen cabinet repaints. But
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: I'm specifically going to talk about the project is if
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: you've got stained and varnished cabinets, all right, so some
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: things will be a little different if you've got painted cabinets.
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: For the most part, it's going to be all the same.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: But I had to pick one of these to focus on.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: Or you know, it's just too complicated. So we're looking
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: at this as if you've got stained in varnished cabinets,
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: and let's walk through the process. The very first step
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: in this whole kitchen cabinet repaint project is to remove
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: and label everything. So start this project by removing your
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: cabinet doors, drawers, and all the hardware, the hinges, the screws,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: the handles, everything. And here's the most important part. Art
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: of this step label everything. You'd be amazed how differently
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: things can sit after years in one spot. Swapping them
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: around might seem harmless. It does seem harmless, seem harmless
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: to me, but it can cause doors to hang crooked
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: and open weirdly. You don't want that, so use a
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  Speaker 1: numbering system. You know, Cabinet one gets labeled one. If
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  Speaker 1: it has two doors, call them one L and one R,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: you know, left and right. Mark it on the back
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: of the doors where the hinge goes so it's hidden later,
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: you know, just drop a piece of painter's tape in
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: that hole or on that spot and then label it
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: with a sharpie marker. Label it clearly, and then once
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: you've done that, label your hardware. Two people forget the step.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: I forget this step, But you've got a bag each
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: cabinet's hinges and screws in its own plastic bag, and
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: mark it with the matching numbers so that it stays
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: with the cabinet door that it came from for extra safety.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: If you really want to be good and methodical and
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: complete in this step, sketch a quick layout of your
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  Speaker 1: kitchen so you know where each number belongs when it's
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: time to put it all back together. I skip this step.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Normally I number everything and then I forget which side
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: I started on by the time I get everything ready
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: to go back together, and I'm a little always a
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: little bit confused if one starts on the left side
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: of the kitchen or on the right side. So draw
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: that little sketch that'll help you out. Now. I know
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: this part feels tedious, but you're gonna thank yourself later.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: I've already implied it. I've already said it. I've skipped
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: this step. I've labeled doors but not the hardware. And
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: I assure you, even though the hinges look identical, my
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: door's never hung is evenly after I painted them. So
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: swapping hinges really does make a difference. Keep them all together,
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: same doors, same hinges, same screws. All right, that's step one.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: Now it's time to dig into the actual prep work.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: And I know, prep work absolutely stinks. It does. It stinks.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: It's boring, it doesn't provide a lot of visual payoff.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: It's not like rolling prime or paint. You know, it's
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: just not fun like that. Prep work is pretty much
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: everybody's least favorite part of pretty much every project, and
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: yet it's crazy critical. You know, prep is easily ninety
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: percent of almost every project. It should be, you know,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: ninety percent of the time you should be prepping and
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: ten percent of the time you're actually applying the paint.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: You just need to get used to that. That's that's
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: how it works. If you can accept that and stick
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: to it, you're going to have great results. All right,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: So doing the right prep work, it's all about laying
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: a great foundation. If that foundation is poor, everything that
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: you pile on top of it, you know, everything you
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: build on top of that foundation is going to be questionable.
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: You know, if you skip your prep and you don't
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: adequately clean the surface, scuff stand or prime where you
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: should be priming, you just shouldn't expect great, long lasting results.
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: And one other thing to think about is if you
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: do skimp on the prep work and go ahead and
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: just paint anyway and then run into issues down the road,
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: it's not easy to fix. At that point point, you
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: know you've got one shot really at doing the foundational work,
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: the prep work right, so don't skimp on it. It
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: feels boring. I get all of that, but it's kind
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: of you know, it's the make or break point of
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: your project. Do the prep work, do it well, you'll
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: have good results. All right, all of that blathering on,
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: let's get to the actual prep work. The first thing
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: that really falls into this prep work stage is going
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: to be cleaning the cabinets. You know, you've got years
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: of cooking, grease, oily fingers, airborne gunk of all kinds,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: all of that's there in your kitchen and it's going
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: to kill your paint job if you skip the step
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: and leave it on there. So use a good degreaser
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: spray nine that's a great option. We carry it at
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: Repcolite TSP tri sodium phosphate. That works really well. Even
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: you know, don dish soap will do. Scrub everything down
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: using a scotch bright pad and then rinse everything with
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: clean water and let it dry completely. All right, that's
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: your first step. Now that you've got that done, scuff
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: sanding is next. And everybody groans when this step gets
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: brought up. I don't think anybody likes scuff sanding. Nobody
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: likes stuff sanding. But there's good news. It is not
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: as bad as you think. You are not trying to
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: remove your varnish or layers and layers of old paint.
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: All you're trying to do is dull the surface down
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: so your primer has something to grab onto. A quick
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: once over with one eighty grit sandpaper should be perfect.
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: And if your brain is like mine and you need
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: more details or a more clearly defined idea to work with,
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: how about this. You should be able to scuff sand
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: a typical cabinet door in under a minute. It's not
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: an intensive sanding, you know, Just zip over it, dull
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: that surface down, and you're good to go. When you've
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: got that done, wipe off all that sanding dust with
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: clean water and let it dry. Now, if you're going
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: to use an orbital sander for any sanding in this project,
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: be sure that you're following that information that I laid
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: out Last week, we talked about it on the show.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: I talked about how you can avoid swirls in your
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: finish when you're using an orbital sander. So you can
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: access a blog post about it by heading to repco
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: light dot com. Backslash sand right all one word sand right.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: That's got all that info. So if you're going to
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: use an orbital sander on this project, make sure you're
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: following what I laid out there. So check that out,
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: all right, stuff sand the doors and then wipe them
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: clean with a damp rag because you've got to get
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: that sanding dust off of them. And I know there's
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: probably a few people out there wondering, you know, thinking about,
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: wait a minute, I had to wash them first, then
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: I wipe them again later. Why would I do that?
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: Why not just skip that first washing step and do
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: it later. Here's why you've got to do it in
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: the order that I laid out. If you don't wash
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: them first, but you go straight to scuff sanding, you're
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: probably going to grind all kinds of whatever surface contaminants
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: were there. You're going to grind them into the finish
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: deeper and that's going to cause problems down the road,
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: So you've got to wash them off first. Then you've
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: got a scuff sand and then you've got to remove
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: any of that sanding dust that you created by wiping
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: them down to the damp rag and some clean water.
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: All right. Once you've got all of that done, you're
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: finally ready to prime. And this is a crucial bonding
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: step that sets the tone for the whole project moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: So choose the right primer for the surface. Sticks, Quicksand
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: from Repcolite or Benjamin Moore's Fresh Start. They're all excellent choices.
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: You know, I love Styx. It's an incredible bonding primer.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: It really gives you a tremendous foundation that will help
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: resist chipping down the road. So Stick's absolutely a great
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: way to go. Repcolite's Quicksand it's another great option. It's
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: one of those sneaky surprises for us. You know, we
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: engineered it to be a great all purpose primer, but
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: we were really surprised to find out how well it bonds.
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: So if you're looking to save some money and still
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: get a primer with some good bonding power, Repolites Quicksand
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: is a great option, So check into that whatever you use,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: whatever primer you use, once you put it on, you
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: need the check for stains after it's dry. All right,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: we're talking about this project. You know. If you remember
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: is if you're painting over stained and varnished cabinets. If
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: that's the case, it's possible that there could be some
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: discoloration from tannin's bleeding through the wood. Now, the chance
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: this are the varnish that's on there, we'll seal them in,
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: but you should still look for them. Maybe you stand
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: it through the varnish in some places, or maybe the
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: deep open grain of some oak doors just didn't seal well.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: Either way, see if you can detect any brownish discoloration
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: bleeding through your primer. And if you notice that, you
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: don't need to panic. You just need to spot prime
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: those areas with bin shellac primer or repcolite zip prime.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: These products are going to steal those stains off and
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: prevent them from bleeding through your final code. Now, you
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: could use zip primer bin on the whole project, but
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: they're just not fun to work with. You know, there's
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: a lot of odor to them. And if you can
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: get by with a regular water based primer for most
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: of the work and then just spot prime a few
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: little areas. You're way better off now. Most of the time,
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: there's not going to be any tannin stains bleeding through,
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: but you do want to catch it if there is.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: You know, just putting another coat of water based paint
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: or primer over top of them won't help. They'll keep
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: bleeding through unless you block them with the right primer.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: All right, so you've got to make sure you catch them.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: All right, that's halfway through the project. And I know
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: it's a lot of information, a lot of product recommendations
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: that I've given. Remember you can find all of what
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: I just said online at repcol light dot com backslash
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: cabinet Guide, So go and check that out. You can
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: follow along with that. It'll just give you all the
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: extra info that you might might have missed as I'm
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: rambling on and on. We're going to take a break
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: right now. When we come back, we're going to talk
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: about sanding your primer, choosing the right finish paint, and
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: then how to avoid some of the biggest mistakes most
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: people make in the final steps. It's all just ahead.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: Stick around. You're listening to Home in Progress where the
• 31:33
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• 31:40
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• 31:43
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• 31:47
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  Speaker 1: by repcol Paint, sponsored by Benjamin Moore. And in the
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  Speaker 1: last segment, we walked through the first half of a
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  Speaker 1: kitchen cabinet repainting project. You know, we covered everything from
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  Speaker 1: removing and labeling the doors and hardware all the way
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  Speaker 1: through cleaning, sanding, and we just covered the priming step. Now,
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  Speaker 1: after your primer dries, but before you go to your
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  Speaker 1: finished paint, there's an extra step that a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people skip, and yet it's one that really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: separates a good finish from a great one. Here's the scoop.
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  Speaker 1: Once that primer's completely dry, it's got to be completely dry.
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  Speaker 1: Once it's completely dry, take some two to twenty grits
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  Speaker 1: sandpaper and just give everything a light dusting. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're not removing the primer. You're just smoothing the surface.
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  Speaker 1: You're knocking down little lumps, little goobers, whatever you want
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  Speaker 1: to call them, that ended up in the primer. Do
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  Speaker 1: that light sanding and then wipe everything down with a
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  Speaker 1: damp cloth to remove the dust that you created. All Right,
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  Speaker 1: once you've done that, finally comes what most people think
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  Speaker 1: of as the fun part, you know, the color or
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  Speaker 1: the paint part, you know, putting the f When it
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  Speaker 1: comes to this point, use a high quality product like
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore's Advance Cabinet Coat scuff X if you're brushing
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  Speaker 1: and rolling it, or consider Repcolites Optima. All of these
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  Speaker 1: are great, excellent options for cabinets. They're durable, they're smooth,
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  Speaker 1: they're designed for beautiful finishes that will hold up. Now,
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  Speaker 1: as for tools, I'd recommend a good brush. You know,
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  Speaker 1: get a good brush like the Corona Excalibur, the Chinax brush.
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  Speaker 1: It's easy to clean up, it applies paint beautifully and evenly.
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  Speaker 1: Great brush to have. Don't skimp on your brush, get
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  Speaker 1: a good one. And when it comes to roller covers,
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  Speaker 1: I really love to recommend Wooster's microplush covers. These are
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  Speaker 1: ideal rollers. When it comes to cabinets, they're going to
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  Speaker 1: give you a smooth, almost sprayed look. So Wooster's microplush
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  Speaker 1: covers great way to go. Apply a nice even coat
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  Speaker 1: of your finish. Don't rush it, don't glob it on,
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  Speaker 1: and once you've got that first coat down, just let
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  Speaker 1: it dry. You know, according to the manufacturer's instructions, whichever
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  Speaker 1: product you picked, it will tell you how long it
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  Speaker 1: needs to dry. Let it dry that time. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's usually between three and six hours, depending on temperature
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  Speaker 1: and humidity. Now, after that paint has dried, here's another
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  Speaker 1: one of those steps that a lot of people skip.
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  Speaker 1: You would ideally do another light sanding, just like you
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  Speaker 1: did after your primer dried. You know, it's the same deal.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to take a two twenty grit sandpaper and
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  Speaker 1: just give it a light pass, you know, over your
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  Speaker 1: doors and drawers, just to knock down any bumps or
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  Speaker 1: imperfections that might be in that first code of finish.
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  Speaker 1: Once you've done that light sanding, wipe everything down again
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  Speaker 1: with a damp rag, let it dry, and then you're
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  Speaker 1: ready for your final coat. Now this step, this extra
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  Speaker 1: little sanding step in between is what gives your cabinets
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  Speaker 1: that professional you know, buttery smooth, buttery smooth. We all
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  Speaker 1: want that. This is what gives it that buttery smooth finish.
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  Speaker 1: So don't skip this step. All right, After that light
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  Speaker 1: sanding and after wiping that dust off, and after the
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  Speaker 1: doors dry down from your damp rag that you went
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  Speaker 1: over them with. Once that's already, you're ready for your
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  Speaker 1: second and final code of finish and you're going to
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  Speaker 1: apply it just like you did the first one. Thin,
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  Speaker 1: even and smooth. If you've done your prep work right,
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  Speaker 1: the second coat is going to lay on beautifully and
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  Speaker 1: it's going to give your cabinets a really professional finished look. Now,
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  Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, you've got everything finished,
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  Speaker 1: everything painted, let everything dry thoroughly. You know, a few
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  Speaker 1: days is best before you reinstall. It's going to help
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  Speaker 1: you avoid smudges, dings, you know, tackiness, stuff like that. Definitely,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to run into issues where you damage
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  Speaker 1: or mar the finish that you just painstakingly put on.
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  Speaker 1: These don't mar that by rushing to get them reinstalled,
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  Speaker 1: all right, So give it the proper amount of time
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  Speaker 1: to dry so that you can reinstall it. Without any
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  Speaker 1: of those concerns. Now, once you've got all of that done,
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  Speaker 1: you know it's time to bring it back together. So
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  Speaker 1: you're going to grab your layout sketch, grab those labeled
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  Speaker 1: bags of hardware, and then reassemble the kitchen. You know,
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  Speaker 1: everything needs to go back right where it came from,
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  Speaker 1: and it should be easy because you labeled everything really
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  Speaker 1: well at the beginning. You know, it's just a matter
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  Speaker 1: of the numbers up at this point. And let me
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  Speaker 1: tell you, when everything is hung, leveled and clicked back
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  Speaker 1: into place, it is a really good feeling. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to stand there in that freshly painted kitchen
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  Speaker 1: and you're gonna think, yeah, I did this, and it's amazing,
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  Speaker 1: really great project. You know, you're dropping some money for
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  Speaker 1: the paint, but you're not going through tons and tons
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  Speaker 1: of paint, tons and tons of primer, a relatively small
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  Speaker 1: investment when it comes to the paint side of things
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  Speaker 1: and the tools. All of that's a relatively low buy in.
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  Speaker 1: The payoff is absolutely huge. So really consider this project
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  Speaker 1: if you're interested in getting the full rundown again. You
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  Speaker 1: know something written down repcolit dot com backslash cabinet guide
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  Speaker 1: you'll get everything everything that I spelled out plus some
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  Speaker 1: all right, last thing I've got for you a few
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  Speaker 1: final things to keep in mind when you're rolling that
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  Speaker 1: paint on. Don't overload your roller cover. You know, too
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  Speaker 1: much paint means more drips and lapmarks. Plan on two coats.
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  Speaker 1: You know, people run into problems when they try to
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  Speaker 1: make one coat cover, and this is true for walls,
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  Speaker 1: for anything. You need to apply it at the right pace,
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  Speaker 1: and just if it takes two coats, it's going to
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  Speaker 1: take two coats. If you try to make one coat
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  Speaker 1: cover by overloading the paint most of the time, if
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  Speaker 1: not all of the time, you're going to run into
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  Speaker 1: some problems down the road. So with your cabinets, plan
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  Speaker 1: on two coats of finish paint and just apply it evenly,
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  Speaker 1: and you're going to deal with less problems down the road,
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  Speaker 1: all right. So that's first. One second, and this is
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  Speaker 1: really important. Don't try to wash and reuse your roller covers.
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  Speaker 1: That can work for some projects. I'm not a big
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  Speaker 1: fan of that regardless, unless you're working outside or just
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  Speaker 1: applying primer or something like that. If you're working inside
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  Speaker 1: on your walls or for sure on your cabinets. Get
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  Speaker 1: a new roller cover for every step of the process.
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  Speaker 1: They are not expensive. You know, it's a cheap buy
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  Speaker 1: in to give yourself some extra insurance to get a
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  Speaker 1: really nice finish. When you wash out a roller cover,
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  Speaker 1: it can clump a little bit and it can definitely
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  Speaker 1: affect how that finish looks. So when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: this product, to use a new one for your primer,
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  Speaker 1: use a new roller cover for your finish. Use new
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  Speaker 1: roller covers for the second code of finish. You're going
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  Speaker 1: to appreciate of better results down the road. If you
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  Speaker 1: do that, it's probably gonna cost you an extra ten
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  Speaker 1: bucks total. All right, So there's that third thing. Give
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  Speaker 1: yourself some grace. Nobody is going to be inspecting your
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  Speaker 1: work with a magnifying glass except probably you. Everybody else
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna just think it looks great. So do your best,
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  Speaker 1: and then let the little imperfections that do happen, let
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  Speaker 1: them go. Nobody's gonna notice them. Don't point them out.
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  Speaker 1: I point them out all the time. That's just dumb.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody else will see them. Don't point them out. And finally,
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  Speaker 1: last thing, always always use a quality paint. It's easier
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  Speaker 1: to work with, it's gonna give better coverage and it's
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  Speaker 1: going to last longer. All right, there you go, a
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  Speaker 1: complete guide, a complete audio guide to repainting your kitchen
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  Speaker 1: cabinets and getting great results. If you missed any of it,
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  Speaker 1: or if you want to check out something that you
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  Speaker 1: can just read read all those steps, head to repcolight
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  Speaker 1: dot com backslash Cabinet Guide and I've got it all
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  Speaker 1: there for you. And of course swing by any Repcolite store.
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  Speaker 1: We're always happy to walk you through this project or
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  Speaker 1: any project that you've got going. We'll help you find
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  Speaker 1: the right products, the right tools. We'll give you all
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  Speaker 1: the info you need to get through your project and
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  Speaker 1: get great results in the end. And if you heard
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  Speaker 1: all of that, listen to all of those steps and thought, man,
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  Speaker 1: that is beyond me. That is not something I want
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  Speaker 1: to tackle. I'd love the results, but I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to do the work. If that's you, maybe you need
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  Speaker 1: to find the right pro And if that's the case,
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  Speaker 1: you can do that by heading to repco light dot
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  Speaker 1: com backslash find a painter. Just fill out that form.
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  Speaker 1: I'll send you some names and you can get that
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  Speaker 1: process rolling. And there you go. That's it. That's going
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  Speaker 1: to do it. If you want to catch this episode again,
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  Speaker 1: you can find it online at repco light dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Just click the on the radio tab on the homepage
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  Speaker 1: and check it out. All right, whatever you do today,
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  Speaker 1: make sure paints a part of it. And remember your
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  Speaker 1: next project is way way easier than you think it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be. Stop out at your nearest Rep cool
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  Speaker 1: Lighte and let us help. Have a great weekend, everybody,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll see you next week. I'm Dan Hansen. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for listening.