Tung oil finish or sealer for kitchen, bath, interior doors

I’ve tung oiled maple kitchen and bath cabinets and interior birds eye maple doors: 50% with Citrus Solvent, then 75%, then 2 coats 100% tung oil. I need to seal them to keep them from drying out, because reapplying oil is not practical in my situation. I was considering Original

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Shermin Williams SuperPaint or Conflex

I am thinking to paint my stucco house in Sacramento, California area and received proposals: One will use Sherwin Williams Super Paint, and the other one will use Sherwin Williams Conflex. I am not sure what are the main difference between these two paints? Your opinion or advice is greatly appreciated! Robin

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Elastomeric Paint and heavy rain and freezing temps

We have a fairly new mountain home that, because of fire danger (it is located in the San Bernardino mountains in southern California), is concrete and steel construction.  The exterior finish is Santa Barbara style stucco.  The south side of the building gets pounded by rain and when the temperature

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Painting cracked stucco.

Please give a step by step plan to repair a ton of cracks and paint for a stucco house (14 yrs.) never been painted before. I don’t know if it needs to be cleaned and if it needs primer etc. I see elastomeric paint is best. I spoke to a painter,

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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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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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Finish a front door or not?

Should I use any kind of finishing product over exterior, red paint on a front door that is metal?  Client wanted a dark, barn-red color, and we know red tends to fade quicker than a lighter color…would a finishing product such as a poly or clear coat help extend the

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