caulking

So I’ve been a painter for about 3 years, residential and commercial...so I’ve done a lot of puttying base and trim and caulking .. i was taught to putty by balling up the putty in one hand filling holes with the other wiping excess with a rag and taught to caulk with the gun my finger and rag...

Need some back up, .. New construction residential (hardy board and hemlock accent) , should I pressure wash Uncaulked (for time management) or caulk first (Ext.trim-caseing-facia) then pressure wash. I am concerned about the water going into joints and probably causing a mess, Wait, I think I...

After reading a recent thread I noticed some of you might be caulking wood to wall when the wood is natural/stain-grade. Now, I am not the caulk police, but the only time I'd ever consider filling a gap from a wall or ceiling to stain-grade trim is if there were massive gaps and the customer...