How to Repair Damaged MDF Hallway Baseboard

Fig.1 Damaged Baseboard

By Gary Boutin  File:

Tools and Supplies:
Blue painters tape
Dynaflex® 230 silicone
Kilz® oil spray primer paint 
Red stucco tape
Sand paper 120 grit
Scrapers 
Small brush
Wood glue (5 milliliters = 0.1691 ounces)

Painting can be quite fun, the furniture needs to be moved to other area to make the area available for painting. This is the reason why this MDF (Medium-density fiberboard baseboard was damage. MDF is has many uses specially in California were there is no straight wall. MDF is made of sawdust and glue and cured with pressure to form any shape needed. MDF baseboards cost is three quarter less its counterpart the wood baseboard or wood trim. 

This post shows the five steps to repair this baseboard.

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the damage to the MDF baseboards. Tape the area for repairing and painting. Fig.2 shows some of the painting tools needed to protect the area around the baseboard damage.

Fig.2 Painting preparation

Step 2: Once the area is masked with painter tape, the repairs start. Look at the damage, there are three choices. The first and easiest choice is to repair the damage baseboard. The second choice is cut out a small piece and replace it with another piece of baseboard. The last choice is to remove the entire baseboard for that wall and replace the a new piece. For this project repairing was the best choice. Fig.3 shows the damage baseboard and fig.4 shows the first step is to press the baseboard against itself.

Fig.3 Damaged baseboard

Fig.4 Press together

Step 3: Fig.5 shows the Titebond® glue placed in a small glass container. Fig.6 shows to use a small brush or your fingers and apply a little amount (5 milliliters = 0.1691 ounces) of glue on the damaged area. Start to press the baseboard damage back together to form like the rest of the baseboard. 

Fig.5 Titebond Glue

Fig.6 Press against the wall

Step 4: Fig.7 shows that after the glue has dried, use caulking or paintable silicone to seal the area from moisture. Fig.8 shows a tube of Dynaflex® 230 silicone but any caulking will work for this project. Dynaflex® 230 was available from a prior job.

Fig.7 Clear Silicone

Fig.8 Dynaflex® 230 silicone

Step 5: After the caulking has dried, use 120 grit sandpaper to remove the rough edges. Fig.9 shows the next step is to seal the area with Kilz® Oil  Primer. It does not have to be an oil primer any primer will do the job. I chose Kilz® Oil spray primer because it was a left over from a prior job. Fig.10 shows the primer has dried and the final step of painting the baseboard to match.

Fig.9 
Primer

Fig.10 Spray primer

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How to Paint a Mobile Home Carport Wall and Skirt

Fig.1 Paint frame 
and roller cover

By Gary Boutin                     

Tools and Supplies:
Ladder  (used near carport)
Paint (Ultra Pure White Satin Enamel Exterior Paint)
Paint can opener
Painter's paper 
Painter's tape (blue and green)
Painter's roller frame (Home Depot Orange)
Paint roller cover 9-inch
Paint stir (Plastic red)
Paint stir (free at paint counter)

Fig.2 Red Paint stir
and Paint tray

Paint tray (Home Depot white)
Tarps (Gray and Blue)

Mrs. Wow wanted to have her garage wall and mobile home skirt painted before Thanksgiving. She had invited her entire family and she had a huge list of items to repair. This post addresses only the painting of the wood paneling and the skirt. 

This post shows the four steps to paint a Mobile Home side wall and skirt.

Step 1: Fig.1 shows a paint frame and 9-inch roller cover. Fig.2 shows the a red paint stir, roller frame extension and paint tray. Fig.3 through fig.5 shows the wall and skirt areas that needed to be painted.

Fig.3 Garage wall
and skirt

Fig.4 All cable 
needed to be tied down

Fig.5 Lower skirt

Step 2: Fig.6 through fig.8 shows the data and satellite cables are secured using cable ties and nailed or screwed to the mobile home skirt. 

Fig.6 Securing cable

Fig.7 Hammering

Fig.8 Cable tie

Step 3: Fig.9  through fig.12 shows the progression of painting the mobile home skirt, and the base board on the skirt. Some areas had to be painted with a brush because the roller did not cover all the areas on the wall and the skirt.  

Fig.9 Painting the skirt

Fig.10 Painting around the air vent

Fig.11 Painting the
driveway baseboard

Fig.12 painting the top
of the driveway baseboard

Step 4: Fig.13 and fig.14 shows the wall are clean, white and finished. All ready for Mrs. Wow to have a Thanksgiving party.

Fig.13 Wall painted

Fig.14 Skirt finished

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How to Remove a School Water Fountain

Fig.1 Drinking Fountain

By Gary Boutin                     

Tools and Supplies:
Channel Lock pliers (2)
Plumbing wrenches (2)
Stucco knives
Stucco
Vacuum cleaner

A local Elementary Private School had a huge list of repairs. In order to received yearly accreditation and pass The Facilities Inspection System (FIS) this school needed to undertake these repairs. SB Bill 550 Section 17070.75(e), requires that schools of education participating in the SFP or DMP establish by the Facilities Inspection System (FIS). This post addresses one repair on that list of school repairs.
More repair will follow in the coming months. 

This post shows the five steps to paint a rattan dining room table.

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the failing water fountain that needs to be removed. Fig.2 shows the hardware is loose from the wall that hold the fountain. Fig.3 shows the brass pipes draining the water from the water fountain.

Fig.2 Falling 
off wall

Fig.3 Clogged Brass pipes

Step 2: Fig.4 through fig.8 shows the water fountain removal from the stucco wall. Fig.7 and fig.8 shows the brass pipes the damaged water fountain removed for recycling. The water fountain had not worked in over a year and just needed to be removed. The brass pipes were removed using two plumbers wrenches. 

Fig.4 Stucco Wiring

Fig.5 Hole in stucco

Fig.6 Wall pipe

Fig.7 All pipes removed

Fig.8 Hook up 
butterfly screws

Step 3: Fig.9 through fig.12 shows how the damaged hole in the wall was filled with stucco. Fig.9 through fig.10 shows the use of a flat knife (wall knives) to fill the hole with stucco. Three layer of stucco was placed on this wall to patch the hole. The three layer of stucco are scratch coat, brown coat and finish coat.

Fig.9 Filling hole

Fig.10 Several layers

Fig.10 Last layer is flat

Fig.12 Some texture 
to match the wall

Step 4: Fig.13 and fig.14 shows the last layer of stucco was applied and texture was added to match the rest of the wall.

Fig.13 Use larger knife

Fig.14 Stucco on 
stucco knives

Step 5: Fig.15 and fig.16 shows the end of the project. After the stucco dries little particles and sand needs to be cleaned up, using a vacuum cleaner is the fastest way to clean up the area and making the area safe.

Fig.15 Makes it smooth

Fig.16 After the job vacuum
the area of stucco sand

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