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Painting balusters before installation

comments (2) May 26th, 2010 in Project Gallery        
REWC REWC, member
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If you need to paint multiple balusters prior to installation, here's a simple solution that worked for me.  I drove nails through a small piece of plywood so the nails were showing when I flipped the board back over.  I drilled holes slightly bigger than the nails in the end of each baluster which allowed the baluster to slip over the nail as shown in the picture.   I began painting at the nail hole end, slid the baluster over the nail and was able to spin it as needed for painting.  When done, I left it in place and moved on to the others.  Then just left in place to dry. 


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DanMorrison DanMorrison writes: You should ask this question in the forum, Breaktime: http://forums.finehomebuilding.com/

Dan
Posted: 10:02 am on May 28th

reliefc reliefc writes: One side of my concrete driveway is against the side of my 60 yr. old house. There is a gap of between 1/4 to 1/2 inch gap between house and driveway. When there is a heavy rain I always have at least 4 trails of water coming from my basement wall going to the drain. What can I put in this gap to stop the leak. I would like to waterproof my basement wall but I think I need to address the problem on the outside first.
In the past I've pour asphalt driveway sealer in the crack. It works for a while, sometimes a year. Any better suggestions?
Posted: 11:06 pm on May 27th

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