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  • Painting - First Coat. Top and bottom, and the outside
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  • Paint the Post Stock and the Trellis Stock too
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  • Sand (320gr.) the Post and Trellis stock... you must sand the surface smooth and sand away enough paint so the wood is just begining to be visible so the glue will have some wood to grab
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  • Sand the painted Planter Sides. There should not be any paint on the ends... if there is, stand the Side on end on a piece of sandpaper and sand the end holding the Side perfectly straight
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  • Cut the Posts to length
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  • The cardboard backer from the pack is a good cutting board
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  • Use the first to measure the rest
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  • Sand a chamfer onto the corners of the cutoff
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  • Cutting the Posts for the Small Planter... they can be 1 1/2 or 1 7/8 (there's enough stock for either)
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  • Gluing up the Planter Fronts
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  • The Fronts have the Posts attached... the Ends and Bottoms do not
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  • Glue on the Planter Bottom
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