Addressing rust spots on a stucco home

I own a home in San Francisco whose stucco is showing random rust spots. At first I thought that the stucco was not thick enough and/or the lath or fasteners were not of the proper type but now I am more inclined to believe that iron specs contaminated the sand

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Wood paneling

We have wood paneling in our 1960s home. Not the thinner, cheaper kind, but the heavy duty stuff! (sorry not sure what kind of wood) It is shiny so it obviously has some kind of seal/stain on it. Well we are updating and my husband doesn’t want to paint the

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Latex-acrylic coated wall map

I have a large map, which is intended to be hung as wallpaper. The vendor says the map segments are coated with latex acrylic. I know about priming the wall surface, but which type of wallpaper adhesive would be best used for this application?

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Redwood Garage Door

Can I use Thompson Stain and Sealer only, for refinishing my redwood garage door to avoid sanding again when I have to refinish it in the future?

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Painting Options for Garage Floor

Hi, I am about to paint my garage floor and would like to know what paint and process you recommend. The garage floor is approx. 30 years old and the current paint was done by the prior owner (we are here 14 yrs).  The paint is missing in the typical

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To paint or not to paint. That is the question!

I am quite lazy. A contractor had to make a hole in the drywall to fix a plumbing issue. The hole was properly patched and textured. The wall was painted white and the patch does not show. Must I paint where the patch was applied? What happens if I just

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