🎙️ Episode #8: From Grime to Gorgeous — The Ultimate Cleaning Routine Before You Paint

If your paint ever peeled, bubbled, or just didn’t stick right… you’re not alone!

In this episode, Val shares her step-by-step cleaning routine for prepping furniture before painting — the routine that saves time, frustration, and your beautiful finish. 🧼✨

Val talks about:

• The cleaner she swears by (hello, Krud Kutter!)
• The right order for prepping — and why it matters
• A big mistake she made while painting her own walls that taught her a valuable lesson about prep
• How she uses a rotating scrubber brush to clean detailed or extra-grungy pieces
• Why even “no prep required” paint still needs prep (yep, sorry!)And a heartfelt faith connection you won’t forget — about restoration, transformation, and how we’re all made new 💛

Pro Tip: Even if you’re told you don’t have to prep, do it anyway! Clean → Repair → Sand → Clean again → Prime if needed (and why you don't sand BEFORE you clean).

🎧 Listen now to learn how to turn your next piece from grimy to gorgeous — and get results that last.

👉 Mentioned in this episode:

• Krud Kutter (Val’s favorite cleaner)
• Rotating Scrub Brush

💛 Faith Tie-In:

Just like furniture that’s been neglected and grimy can be restored to beauty, so can we. Val shares a moving story in a book she read, Chataine’s Guardian by Robin Hardy — a reminder that no matter how rough we start, transformation is always possible.

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