Now that we have the old faucet removed, it’s time to prepare the surface for the installation of the new faucet.  I used a putty knife to scrape the dirt, debris and caulk off the sink surface, then cleaned it with mild soapy water.

With our surface squeaky clean, it’s time to begin the other prep work.

Take your new faucet out of the box and read those instructions - because not all faucets are equal, you may have manufacturer’s recommendations to account for.  With our Peerless faucet, we found the directions to be really amusing (no, really - the directions were hilarious!).

Congratulations - the easy part is now out of the way. Time to move on to something a bit more, uh, “hands-on.”

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