The Practical House Painting Guide
I am painting the ceiling in my en-suite, which is the first time I have painted since buying the ex-show house. When rolling, the original paint is lifting and leaving large bare patches to the plaster underneath and the only thing I can think of is to fill the holes
My bedroom paint is peeling off all the way down to the bare drywall and joint compound?? I had this home built in 1996, could it be that room was not primed first? And how can I even it out between the coats of paint and the bare drywall? I’m
I painted latex in a bathroom that I didn’t know had oil based paint on it. Now it is bubbling and I want to fix it. How do I fix the bubbling paint?
Our home is red brick (rust red) and has a green roof (forest green). What colors would you recommend we paint the exterior window trim, window headers, window sills and shutters? Also, what color would you recommend for the trim of the exterior steel storm door and wood interior door?
White vinyl siding and kelly green shutters. Entry door has full length oval beveled glass center. I need some complimentary paint colors for the door.
Our home has a blue steel roof. We need to repaint, but having trouble choosing the color. We’re also thinking of adding shutters–so we’ll need a color suggestion for them also. The partially exposed basement area has the “mottled’ brick to consider in the color scheme. Please help!
What is the best paint to put on corrugated plastic roofing? My deck is covered in this clear corrugated plastic and it’s like a green house in the summertime. I love my roof and don’t want to replace it so thought painting it would be a better idea than draping
We have had 2 painters tell us different things, one says use just a lacquer on the ceilings and the other says use a stain so it want change colors. We don’t want the wood to get darker over period of time. One painter says that if we use just
I am installing a wood soffit and need a clear finish on the wood. The wood is white cedar and I don’t want it to yellow or turn grey. Any suggestions on what to use to keep the natural color?
So far I’ve only done one chair, but I stained it 3 times and the color still wasn’t dark enough. So I let it sit over night and I didn’t wipe all of the left over stain off because I like it dark. My question is; what can I do
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