Sticky Stain

Refinishing old wooden (pine) stairs. Sanded out all groves and dents. Used pre-stain. Applied one coat of stain. When it was fully dry didn’t like the color. Purchased same brand stain in darker shade. Did wipe excess off but left it a little heavier trying to achieve the darker tone.

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Stain Over Latex

I have a 30 year old cedar shingle house that was originally stained with an oil base stain. A few years ago I had the house painted and the contractor used a latex paint over the stain. This paint is beginning to peel. Can I stain over the latex paint

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After staining…then what?

The painters have stained the trim (windows, crown molding and baseboards) of our new house and are telling me that the wood does not need a sealing coat…just to rub Lemon Oil into the wood to condition it. I attempted to do that in a corner and the stain rubbed

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Flood Stain

Has anyone used Flood stain before? Any opinions on it? I’m planning in using to paint previously painted rough cut cedar siding.

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Primer before painting.

We are using primer over areas that we have caulked before painting. We are painting our exterior a pretty dark color, do I need to paint the color over the primer before we spray the whole house? We don’t want streaks.

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Sloping land next to house.

I need to use an extension ladder to paint the side of my house. Unfortunately several areas drop about eight inches over the width of the ladder rungs. Building up one side sounds kinda dangerous when going up 30 feet, any ideas on the best way to handle this?

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Striated Siding Question

I have an older house and a pre-sixties budget, so I am trying to save our current siding that has about 10 to 15 coats of paint. The siding is the larger striated siding panels (sawdrawn?), and most are in good shape physically, but we are having a difficult time

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