WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.320 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. All right, 3 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:14.679 we are spending the morning talking about the small things, 4 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:19.440 the small little fix it tips and tricks and techniques 5 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:24.359 that end up, in my experience, really frustrating most di 6 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:26.640 wires when they get into a project. It's not the 7 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.600 big concept. It's not following the instructions. It's finding out 8 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.119 I don't know how to use this damn screwdriver the 9 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.359 right way. Well, you know we're going to get there, 10 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:38.759 and so I'm handing out pearls today. But right now, 11 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:42.079 top of the hour, and is our tradition, it is 12 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:46.280 time to go to the phones, and so let's talk 13 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.439 to John. Hey, John, welcome home. 14 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.560 Dean, Thank you for taking the call. Appreciate it. 15 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:56.159 You're so welcome. How can I help you? 16 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.320 So we have a nineteen fifty six style stucco house 17 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:05.599 in Riverside. It was probably last painted, who knows when 18 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:10.040 ninety year old guy owned it. We've been there four years. 19 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.799 It's going to need paint work and repair to the stucco, 20 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:18.239 the rafters and so on. My question is do we 21 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.719 do a regular paint job, or do we go with 22 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.120 something like a rhino coat, which I know was advertised 23 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.439 a few years ago, or on KFFI there's Fitztower, but 24 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.480 also I think it's doing a tech coat product. The 25 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.439 interesting thing about those they say it's lifetime, although you're 26 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.120 stuck with the color, but the fact it's also lifetime 27 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.319 and it might have some fire retaught and built in. 28 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:42.239 The Other thing is, since you're working with a contractor 29 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.319 as opposed to a painter who does repair work, sometimes 30 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.159 they do really lousy work. So what you're feeling on 31 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:52.680 first the type of product and secondly, who's best to 32 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:54.159 do that type of work. 33 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:59.959 Well, a painter is you know, a professional license paint 34 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.680 is best to do the work in my opinion, or 35 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:06.680 you as the homeowner. It's one of those things. Painting 36 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:09.960 is one of those things where you know house painting, 37 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.360 where the fact of the matter is if you're willing 38 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.199 to go through the steps and do these same steps 39 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:19.599 that even though there are a number of them, same 40 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:23.520 steps that a regular contractor will do. They may do 41 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:27.479 it quicker, a little bit more efficiently, but they won't 42 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:31.719 necessarily do a better job than you. So it's really 43 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:35.680 a question of is somebody following through with all the steps. Okay, 44 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:39.199 it's not so much the deft hand of the professional painter. 45 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.240 We're not painting Mona Lisa's here. We're putting, you know, 46 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:47.759 liquid materials on surfaces that have been prepped properly and 47 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:53.199 masked off properly. So no denigration whatsoever to professional house painters. 48 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:56.080 I love you. I love the work you do. But 49 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:58.120 the fact of the matter is it's not fine art. 50 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:01.840 It is a craft, it is a trade. It is 51 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:06.759 a series of well executed steps. So can a contractor 52 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.439 do that? Of course? Can you do it? Yes, professional painter? 53 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:11.000 Yes? 54 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.919 Does it matter to me? Who does it not? Particularly? 55 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:19.199 What matters to me is whether somebody is stepping through 56 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.039 all of the necessary steps. And when I say all 57 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.919 the necessary steps, I mean that. On any paint job, 58 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:30.280 for any home, the standard rule is that you know, 59 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:35.599 ninety percent of the work is prep preparation, patching done right, 60 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.840 preparation done right, opening up the existing surface, priming the 61 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.719 existing surface properly, and so on. The last thing. The 62 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:49.879 application of the paint itself is the easy part. It 63 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.840 is the prep work and the elbow grease that goes 64 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:56.199 into getting those surfaces ready for paint that not only 65 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.400 make the difference in the appearance of the paint, but 66 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.439 make all the difference in the world as to the 67 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:05.280 longevity of the paint. And that takes me to your 68 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.639 second question about materials. The fact of the matter is, 69 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.960 since that house was painted, the entire there is there is, 70 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.879 it's kind of a misnomer. Should I use regular paint 71 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:18.959 or some of this new fangled stuff that's come out. 72 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:23.279 Everything is new fangled, Okay, it's all new fangled. Every 73 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:27.120 paint company, Benjamin Moore, this is the pink, the paint 74 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.360 brand that I use almost exclusively inside and out on 75 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:33.439 most homes. But whether it's Benjamin Moore Paint, whether it's 76 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.519 Done Edwards, whether it's any major brand of paint company, 77 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:41.160 or it's these specialty products like rhino coat and these 78 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:45.000 other elastameric products. The fact of the matter is every 79 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:49.600 major manufacturer is continuing their research and development and continuing 80 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.839 to move their products forward. So the question is as 81 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.800 a designer, well, I'll put it this way. As a contractor, 82 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:05.560 I am confident in any well applied quality exterior product. 83 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:09.920 So I know this may not help you because I'm 84 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:12.480 not saying something like yeah, use the rhino coat. Forget 85 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:15.639 about regular exterior house paint or vice versa. What I'm 86 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:21.560 saying is that any well applied quality exterior product is 87 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.399 going to do great right. So, as a contractor, I 88 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:26.879 know it's all in the prep and the quality of 89 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:31.600 the product. Whether it's regular air quotes here house exterior 90 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:36.560 house paint, whether it has a fire resistant element in 91 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.720 it or which there are plenty of, and or whether 92 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:46.319 it's an elastimeric stucco coating paint or coating. The fact 93 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:48.680 of the matter is if the prep was done right 94 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.560 and if the application was done right, I'm confident. So 95 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:55.439 that's the contractor, that's the builder in me, all right, 96 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.040 So I'm turning away from the builder now and talking 97 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:03.279 to the designer in me. The designer wants specific colors, 98 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:08.600 specific textures, specific sheens on the outside of that house. 99 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:12.839 And so the question is from a design perspective, which 100 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.600 of those products are actually going to give us the 101 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.439 best look for the outside of the house. And that 102 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:25.120 is what often not always John, but often leads us 103 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:30.759 back away from some of the specialty stuff, the elastimeric 104 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:37.879 rhinotype coatings. Back to the major paint manufacturers, with you know, 105 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.639 ten gabillion colors and all of the finishes that I need, 106 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:46.439 and their top of the line exterior paints applied well. 107 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:51.519 Paint these days is a brilliant science. It's in its 108 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:55.920 golden age. It has only gotten better. And like I said, 109 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.959 a well prepared house, well patched stucco in good condition 110 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:04.199 without moisture intrusion in it. Any paint that you put 111 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.759 on the house, I guarantee you done well, could take 112 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:13.120 you thirty plus years. And the elastimeric coding never actually 113 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:18.319 seen one that's more than thirty years old without some 114 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.439 issues in it. I know they say lifetime, but then again, 115 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:24.759 you know, thirty forty years later, those companies, a lot 116 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:26.839 of them don't exist anymore, so they don't have to 117 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:30.240 worry about honoring a lifetime warrantine, right. 118 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.120 And I appreciate this very much. This is extremely helpful. 119 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:37.000 And you know, you bring up a good point about 120 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:39.959 color choices, because you know, most of the houses in 121 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.480 the wood streets here in Riverside, they're Beiji. Everybody goes 122 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.759 pretty mundane. And we would like to add a little 123 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.120 sponkan to this house, obviously, and with detail and so on, 124 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.519 as far as gabby rafters and things coming off the 125 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.519 roofline which will need to be replaced. Do you feel 126 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.160 that a good paint contractor can handle that or are 127 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.680 we talking about somebody who needs to have a greater expertise. 128 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.240 Well, as far as replacing rafter tails that are damaged, 129 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:13.360 I would turn to a carpenter for that. If it's 130 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:17.759 a matter of there's been some moisture damage or some 131 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:21.199 bug damage, termite damage, and we just need to apply 132 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:25.120 some bondo to an existing rafter, A qualified painter should 133 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:26.800 be able to do that, just by. 134 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.879 As always, thank you very much. I don't know if 135 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:35.000 you remember, but last year you helped you often to 136 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:37.840 actually go get some UV material for us so my 137 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:40.679 wife for says MS and we were going to redo 138 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.399 her studio. We still are in the midst of doing that, 139 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.519 so I might be in touch for that at some point. 140 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.200 As always, thank you and Tina very much. Take care, 141 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:50.960 be well and stay safe. 142 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:55.360 Thanks John, thanks so much for being such a committed listener, 143 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:59.679 and good luck on that new project. All right, Kindness, patience, 144 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.600 bit of creativity and respect. That's what you get when 145 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:04.600 you call in here. 146 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:09.279 You're listening to home with Dean Sharp on demand from 147 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:10.919 KFI AM six forty. 148 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.720 We're talking fix it tips and tricks, the kind of 149 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.519 stuff that you're not hearing on YouTube videos. I'm talking 150 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.240 about the little things, the little things that end up 151 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:26.600 making all the difference, the tiny, tiny little tips and 152 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:31.000 techniques that you have to do in a DIY project, 153 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.919 maybe multiple times that nobody told you exactly how that works, 154 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:38.720 and in my experience, it becomes one of the biggest 155 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:43.919 points of frustration as you're working out your spring DIY stuff. 156 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:47.799 And so take an entire show today to just give 157 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:53.120 you just a list of pearls of wisdom when it 158 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:55.360 comes to that. We're going to get back to that 159 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:57.919 in just a bit, but right now we're taking calls. 160 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:59.480 I want to go back to the phones. I'm going 161 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:03.519 to talk to John A. John A. Welcome home. 162 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.399 Hey, good morning, Dean, to you and your staff. My 163 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.159 question is pertaining to I had a mahogany front door 164 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:17.840 installed about just about a year ago and they put 165 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:22.279 a stain on it. Well fast forward to now almost 166 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.320 a year. It doesn't look too good, looks like it's 167 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.519 starting to aid a little bit. So I'm looking to 168 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:33.200 tackle the project and redo it myself. What they use 169 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:38.120 was some bar thine premium wood stain from the big 170 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:43.039 box store. Okay, And I just wanted something just like 171 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:48.279 a clear matt finish, keeping the natural color. And it 172 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:52.200 did stain it, and they didn't prep it correctly because 173 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.519 there's still some like factory small little holes and deans 174 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:59.679 and stuff like that. So also what's the best stuff 175 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.200 to use to cover up those holes? So later on 176 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.879 this when you stain it, it doesn't bleed. 177 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:13.279 Through right right? Right? Oh? Okay? Uh? What direction does 178 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:14.399 this front door face? 179 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:20.679 It faces south? And also it's uh, it's got vertical 180 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:27.159 it's got about nine rectangular vertical windows going across it. 181 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:28.519 But it does face south. 182 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:30.039 Okay, gotcha. 183 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.000 So it gets a good it gets it gets some 184 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:33.159 exposure to the sun. 185 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.759 You know what. It does get like probably half to 186 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.720 date from the bottom about the middle to the bottom. 187 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.799 It gets sun. And then when it does rain, the uh, 188 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.360 it does get a little bit of us splashing from 189 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:51.759 the concrete toward the water hitting the concrete. So something 190 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.080 to seal it up for elements. 191 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:56.960 Okay, I got you, all right, So here is my 192 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:01.440 suggestion to you and understand and where oh you know what, 193 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.080 you know what John we'll running a little. 194 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.039 Behind, as I do sometimes. 195 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.080 Can I pop you on hold real quick, because I'm 196 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:10.480 gonna give you and everybody else who's listening, who is 197 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:14.320 the exact same situation. They're thinking, Oh my gosh, finally 198 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.919 he's going to answer this question. I just want to 199 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.840 give it the time that it is due. So let 200 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:22.600 me pop you back on hold. We're going to go 201 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:25.399 to a break and we'll come back and I'm going 202 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:31.080 to tell y'all how I feel about mahogany front doors 203 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:32.679 and how to treat them. 204 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:37.159 Right. Does that sound good? All right? Pop John on hold. 205 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:41.600 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 206 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.200 KFI AM six forty. 207 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.759 We're taking calls. I've got John on the line. Let 208 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:51.279 me make sure I didn't hang up on him. 209 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:51.519 John. 210 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:55.519 You're still there, Bud, Yes, I'm still here. Dean all right. 211 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:59.960 So John has got a mahogany front door face and said, 212 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:04.120 gets a little sunlight, gets a little weather. That guys 213 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:07.960 put it in about a year ago, stained it. Now 214 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.240 it's not looking so great, fading back. 215 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:10.919 It's got a. 216 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:14.440 Little few little pock marks in it. And he wants 217 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:16.240 to know what to do and what's the best way 218 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.960 to treat this. So I'll tell you right now, John, 219 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:20.600 And the reason I held you over is because I 220 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.919 wanted to give this more thorough explanation and make an 221 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:29.320 argument for my approach to this kind of thing. And 222 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:32.120 you're free to do it anyway you want. There are 223 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:36.120 two schools of thought when it comes to exterior grade doors. 224 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.879 One school, which is what I would call the traditional 225 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:43.399 school of thought, or maybe the most popular school of 226 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:47.919 thought along these lines of exterior doors, is that you know, 227 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:51.399 you just you seal them up, you wrap them in plastic, 228 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:54.639 and you do everything you can to protect them from 229 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:59.360 all sorts of weather. And that basically means that if 230 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:01.919 there's a stain on there that you're gonna prep it, 231 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:03.399 you're gonna restain it. 232 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.559 Uh. And then you're gonna put on at. 233 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:12.799 Least two coats of exterior grade polyurethane and in hopefully 234 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:15.600 a satin or a matte finish so it doesn't get 235 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:17.919 all shiny on you, and you're just gonna seal up 236 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:22.320 the door. Some people are gonna say, no, don't use polyurethane. 237 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:25.720 Use marine grade spar varnished, you know, like you do 238 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.720 on a boat. And uh and that's all. 239 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:28.960 You know. 240 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.919 These are all approaches, right, That's one school of thought, 241 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.879 the seal it up, plasticize. 242 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.039 It, and and and done. 243 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:41.840 I agree with that on doors that are made of 244 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:45.720 less I don't want to say lesser material, because I 245 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:50.159 love all wood, but woods that aren't necessarily, you know, 246 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:57.039 naturally prone to resisting moisture. So uh, you know pine doors, 247 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.879 I mean those doors like that, Douglas fir doors, you're 248 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.679 asic doors. Yeah, let's put as much protection on them 249 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.879 as possible. You, my friend, have a mahogany front door. 250 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.360 Understand that I, when it comes to woods like that, 251 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:17.080 am of the other school of thought, and that is this. 252 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:22.440 I like wood. I love wood. I'm a woodworker, I'm 253 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:27.120 a joiner, I'm a carpenter. And one of the things 254 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:32.639 that just keeps me fascinated with doing that kind of stuff, 255 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.440 despite the fact that I spend all my time designing houses, 256 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.039 is the fact that I just love wood. And so 257 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:41.840 when I'm looking for a certain color out of a 258 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:45.480 piece of wood, I prefer to just find the right 259 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:49.080 species of wood that gives me that color and keep 260 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:54.519 it natural, as opposed to buying a door, let's say, 261 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:58.200 out of any species of wood and then staining it 262 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.720 to try and get it look a different way. Okay, 263 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.000 I love natural wood and I think it's just the 264 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:06.200 most beautiful thing on the planet. And when it comes 265 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:12.000 to an exterior door, a mahogany door, Mahogany is a 266 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:17.679 tropical rainforest hardwood. It is a wood that is as 267 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:22.320 moisture resistant in and of itself as a wood gets 268 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.240 okay for the most part, just short of being an 269 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:28.879 iron wood. And so you have on your hands there 270 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:33.600 an incredibly weather resistant door. And my approach to that 271 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:38.399 is keep it simple and keep it beautiful. And what 272 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:42.240 I mean by this is the first approach that I described. 273 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.360 It will last, but at some point down the line, 274 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:50.679 no matter how quality the application is of plastic coatings, 275 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:55.200 varnishes and polyurethanes, at some point down the line, there 276 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:58.440 will be yellowing, there will be cracking, and there will 277 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:00.759 be the need to redo it, at which point you've 278 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.679 got all these layers of chemical all over this door, 279 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.319 and it's gonna be a whole thing. As opposed to 280 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:12.480 taking the beauty of this mahogany and simply taking it 281 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:14.920 from where it is now, giving it a good clean, 282 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.559 a good sanding, a tiny little bit of patching and 283 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:24.759 repair work with a stainable wood putty. Okay, a stainable 284 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.839 wood putty. And they're out there, they're they're they're sold, 285 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.119 and they go out of their way to tell you 286 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:35.559 this is sustainable wood putty. And then here is my preference. 287 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:41.200 Strip that door down, get it past its its old stain, 288 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:45.039 get it nice and uniform and looking beautiful. Sanded it down, 289 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:49.039 smooth and beautiful and lovely, and cover it. Wipe it 290 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:53.960 down with one or two coats of a great uv 291 00:17:54.240 --> 00:18:00.640 resistant penetrating mahogany oil. Okay, you can use teak oil. 292 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:04.359 You could use tongue oil, any kind of oil like 293 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:07.680 that that binds with the natural oils in the mahogany. 294 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:11.920 It brings out nothing but the natural color of the mahogany. 295 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:15.880 And it lasts, and it really really does last. And 296 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.440 here is the key. It will not necessarily last as 297 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:24.640 long as the polyurethane stuff. If that's done well, maybe 298 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.160 you get two or three years out of it, and 299 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:29.480 then you start to see it looks like a little fade. 300 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.920 But guess what. 301 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.599 At that point, because you've just oiled this doore, all 302 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.599 you do is walk into the garage, take your bottle 303 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:40.000 of tongue oil, open it up, squeeze a little bit 304 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.960 out on a rag, and walk out to your front door. 305 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.880 You spend five minutes re rubbing your door, and you're 306 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.359 good to go again, and it's like brand new once again. 307 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:54.599 That is my opinion of the best way to maintain 308 00:18:54.720 --> 00:19:00.000 and treat what is already and incredibly beautiful and moisture 309 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:05.440 resistant exterior door. The idea of five minutes of touch 310 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:10.519 up every couple three years, to me, seems like not 311 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.640 a big deal. Versus I know at one point I'm 312 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:16.319 gonna have to take this all apart, strip it all down, 313 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:20.160 and redo it all again because it has this southern 314 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:24.720 exposure and it's getting blasted by the sun. I'm way 315 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:29.640 way more in favor of the beauty, the texture, the 316 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:34.799 touch of a well oiled, natural, open grain piece of wood. 317 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:38.400 I'll give you one more example. The countertops. Half of 318 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:42.279 the countertops in my kitchen are made out of black walnut. 319 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:46.000 I know that because I installed them myself. Black walnut, 320 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:49.599 no polyrthane, no sealers on them. All I do is 321 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:54.119 use a food grade mineral oil, butcher block oil. To 322 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:57.160 you know, every three months or so, give it a 323 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:01.160 wipe down, and whoop, they're brand new, no moisture damage, 324 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.480 no color damage. Everybody loves the touch of the wood 325 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:07.400 because when they touch these countertops, they're touching wood, not 326 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.839 the plastic coating on top of it. And it just 327 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.839 means all the world to me. That's what I would 328 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.240 recommend to you. Does that make sense? 329 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.559 Oh, yeah, that makes sense, Dean, You're a life saver. 330 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.319 Just to follow up on that, do you suggest I 331 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.400 handsand it or I use a machine and just go 332 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:29.720 real gentle with it. And it seems like it's still 333 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:33.680 salvageable where I can take that coding or that staining 334 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:36.519 that they did off. And I did listen to your 335 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:40.079 show a couple weeks ago about a pencil trick where 336 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:43.400 you kind of scribble with a lead pencil and that 337 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:46.319 way you know that you're not going too deep. So 338 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:48.319 just what are your thoughts on that? 339 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:52.319 Yeah, actually that was me and Conway talking on Thursday, 340 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:54.799 and I'm as, actually, you've spilled the beans. 341 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.039 Now. 342 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.799 Now that's the. 343 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.839 Next trick that I'm going to have to discuss on 344 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:59.359 the show today because I was going to talk about 345 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:03.519 it anyway. So that's fine. Great, but yeah, no, I 346 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.839 mean hand sanding. And if you can fit a you know, 347 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:12.559 an orbital variable speed sander, use that because they do 348 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:15.799 the job without crossing the grain the wrong way. You know, 349 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.279 why why put in all the elbow grease If you 350 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:20.759 can fit a sander on the surface of the door, 351 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:25.359 so variable grain, you start with maybe one hundred and 352 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:30.000 eighty grit sandpaper and then work, you know, use the 353 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.599 pencil trick which everybody else we will describe shortly, and 354 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:37.640 use the pencil trick and uh, and then just keep 355 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:40.640 up backing off on the grains, go to two hundred 356 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:44.599 and plus until it's just really nice and smooth and beautiful, 357 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.519 and then you're ready to go. And and by the way, 358 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:52.680 there are natural tongue oil is naturally UV resistant, but 359 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:54.839 there are also some really good wood oils out there 360 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:59.240 that have an extra UV resistant quality in them. They'll 361 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.240 hold up longer that southern sun exposure. 362 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.440 Excellent. Sounds good, Dean, Thank you very much. I look 363 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.000 forward to doing this, man. I can't thank you enough. 364 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:13.920 Well, John, send me a pick when you're done, buddy, 365 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:17.279 I want to see that beautiful mahogany door that I'm 366 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:19.079 just gonna want up you want to go up to 367 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:22.799 and just rub my hands all over it because it's wood, 368 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.319 real wood, not wood behind glass. 369 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.319 All right, y'all, how about this. 370 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:29.960 When we return, We're going to get back to our 371 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.720 list and the very first thing on the list. 372 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:35.000 John just gave you a teaser for. 373 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:39.279 The sanding pencil trick if you weren't with me on 374 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:44.039 the Conway Show Thursday night. It is, in my opinion, 375 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:50.720 one of the best tricks tips out there in the 376 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:55.400 world of DIY and construction and one of the least 377 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:59.039 known by homeowners. And I'm going to reveal it right after. 378 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.400 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 379 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:09.079 KFI AM six Forty's. 380 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:10.759 A privilege and an honor as always to spend time 381 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:15.000 with you on this sun every Sunday morning live here 382 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:19.079 talking about this thing that is so important to all 383 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:23.240 of us, our homes and turning our ordinary houses, if possible, 384 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:26.920 and it is possible, into an extraordinary home. 385 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.240 How am I doing it today? 386 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:31.039 I'm helping you do it today by talking about the 387 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:36.160 little things the DIY fix it tips that you're not 388 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:39.359 going to necessarily see in that YouTube video or in 389 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:43.680 that instructional sheet or those set of instructions for that 390 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:47.759 big project that you're trying to take on. I'm talking 391 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:50.960 about the things that once you're in it, you know, 392 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:54.279 once you're in it, you find out, Oh I wish 393 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:57.519 I actually knew a little bit more about this one 394 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.839 thing that I'm doing now, because this is the thing 395 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:02.680 that frustrating me. That's what I'm trying to dress for 396 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:07.799 you today. The little things kind of almost sub instructional 397 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:10.839 tips that make all the difference. And I believe me 398 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.960 in my experience, they really really do. 399 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.319 Now. 400 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:17.839 Our previous caller had a mahogany front door and we 401 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:20.960