PAINTING Q: What are some painting touch-ups I can do before selling my home? A: When it comes time to sell your home, it can pay to touch-up the painting. Here are some tips: Jerry Serbus Sales Specialist 1. Check your woodwork. You can quickly touch up chipped or marred paint on chair rails and floor molding. 2. Inspect areas that come in frequent contact with soiled hands - especially window frames, door frames, edges of doors, and walls around light switches. If the areas are dirty, you may be able to clean them, assuming you used a glossier paint; if that doesn't work, then do touchup painting. 3. Same approach with cabinet doors: Scrub clean of fingerprints, if possible, or touch up painted areas. Pay special attention to the kitchen, which should be spotless. 4. Water stains on the ceiling from old roof leaks are a huge red flag for prospective buyers. After making certain that your roof is sound, be sure to prime and re-paint these potential deal-breakers". 5. Put the finishing touches on your home by scrutinizing every remaining wall and painted surface, looking for stray flecks of paint, as well marks and stains from whatever source. Conceal them with some touchup paint, and your home will be good to go... and show! HHirshfield's You W Tube 2140 Bardwell Dr. NW, Bemidji 751-4418 OPEN MON.-FRI. 7AM-5PM SAT. 8AM-2PM PAINTING Q: What are some painting touch-ups I can do before selling my home? A: When it comes time to sell your home, it can pay to touch-up the painting. Here are some tips: Jerry Serbus Sales Specialist 1. Check your woodwork. You can quickly touch up chipped or marred paint on chair rails and floor molding. 2. Inspect areas that come in frequent contact with soiled hands - especially window frames, door frames, edges of doors, and walls around light switches. If the areas are dirty, you may be able to clean them, assuming you used a glossier paint; if that doesn't work, then do touchup painting. 3. Same approach with cabinet doors: Scrub clean of fingerprints, if possible, or touch up painted areas. Pay special attention to the kitchen, which should be spotless. 4. Water stains on the ceiling from old roof leaks are a huge red flag for prospective buyers. After making certain that your roof is sound, be sure to prime and re-paint these potential deal-breakers". 5. Put the finishing touches on your home by scrutinizing every remaining wall and painted surface, looking for stray flecks of paint, as well marks and stains from whatever source. Conceal them with some touchup paint, and your home will be good to go... and show! HHirshfield's You W Tube 2140 Bardwell Dr. NW, Bemidji 751-4418 OPEN MON.-FRI. 7AM-5PM SAT. 8AM-2PM