Trim color questions.

I am having a painting conundrum, and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. If I am painting the walls in my hallways, family room and Kitchen an off white (possibly Pratt and Lambert ‘Ancestral’, or Benjamin Moore ‘Swiss Coffee’, cabinets are going to be Benjamin Moore ‘simply white’), what

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Cut-in paint not blending.

With the same color of eggshell paint from the same gallon, the cut-in area done by brush is lighter than the wall area done by roller. What can we do to remedy that? It really pronounces the areas close to ceiling and baseboard.

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Using filler on lap siding.

The exterior paint on my 1920’s Craftsman is quite uneven, probably due to a past owner scraping without sanding, and painting over it. A painter that we hired began work by scraping away chipped paint, applying a white plaster-like substance, letting it dry, and sanding it smooth. It seems OK

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Restain old cabinets.

I am redoing my kitchen cabinets. I have stripped and sanded course to fine. I applied the stain and wiped the excess and am getting blotches. Is there anything that can prevent this? What am I doing wrong?

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Drywall tape bubbling.

I have two edges where the drywall tape has bubbled and caused the paint to crack. How do I fix it? Do I cut out the section of the drywall tape that has bubbled or lifted, then texture, sand and paint?

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Can I use 44 year old paint if it is still usable?

I live in a warm, dry climate (So Calif). I will be doing interior painting for baseboard and molding in one average-sized room. In looking in my “painting cupboard”, I came across an unopened quart of exterior paint (Ameritone). I wrote on the can “1966” (!). Yes, I know my

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