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Desperate Landscape: A Landscaping Primer for Primer Court DIY's Jason Cameron makes an ugly metal box disappear and helps a single mom spruce up a landscape with lots of flowers. From "Desperate Landscapes" episode DDSL-108

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Project 1: Refinishing the Rusted Metal Door

Lori's steel front door is very desperate. It's rusty and needs a new coat of paint (figures A and B). We opted not to replace it because it would take too long to order a door with the same custom window as Lori's original door.

Figure A

Figure B




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• Break up all the rust with a flathead screwdriver or putty knife.

• Use body filler which is available at hardware and automotive stores to fill the holes (figures C and D).

  Figure C

  Figure D

  
  

  	Figure E
  	Figure F

• Let filler dry for about an hour.

• Apply another layer of body filler and pile it up a bit (figure E).

• Allow the filler to dry.

• Use 80 grit sand paper to smooth the body filler (figure F).

• You might have to repeat the process with filler and sanding to get the best finish.

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