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Welcome to my course on wood finishing. I'm Steve Maxwell. I've created this
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online course and I'm the instructor that you're going to be seeing in videos
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throughout the course. But that also means that I'm the guy you're going to connect with by email or phone or even video conference if you've got some
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questions. If you don't understand something in the course or maybe you've got a particular situation that's unique and that you need to talk about with me
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So I'm the guy and I want to thank you. There are many ways to spend time and
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money in this world and you've chosen to spend a little of your time and a
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little of your money as part of this course. So I certainly appreciate that
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Essentially what I'm going to be doing here is showing you a handful of
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different simple wood finishing techniques that can allow anyone to create a professional grade finish on wood. So that could be furniture or trim
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or interior millwork or anything like that. It'll allow anyone, a non
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professional, to get professional results using simple techniques. Not a whole lot
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of time, not a whole lot of effort. You know wood finishing is one of those things that cause a lot of people trouble. But it doesn't have to because
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the difference between success and failure really comes down to just understanding certain steps, following them through in a logical order and
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enjoying the results you achieve with that. So first a little bit of
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housekeeping. First of all I don't know if you know this or not but you have
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unlimited access to this course, lifetime access to this course and to me. So you
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don't have to rush through to cover the material in a certain amount of time
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Take your time. That's the best way to learn is to use the course at your speed
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in your situation. You'll also have lifetime access to me too for questions
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and answers. I'd love to see some photos from you. That's often how I work
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with people. They'll send me photos of trouble they're having and then I'll figure out what the problem is and we'll come up with a solution together
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The processes I'm going to be showing you here just use simple materials. Stuff
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you can get at any hardware store. You don't need spray equipment. You don't
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need a fancy spray booth or anything. I'm just going to be finishing showing you
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how to use these sponge applicators, brushes, stuff in a can, maybe a little
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bit of spray as well. Sometimes that's useful. Nothing expensive, nothing complicated and bottom line I hope you have a lot of fun in this course but
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more than that I hope you learn the skills needed to finish wood properly
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Just essentially going on forward for whatever you run into. So thanks for
