Coating a 7 year old outside deck.

Have a 7 year old deck that has been treated with oil based stain 3 times. The floor wood used is regular treated wood. The age of the floor wood is starting to show. Its starting to get splinters on top and our little girls are getting splinters in their

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Primed interior doors.

My interior doors and trim were mostly primed when we purchased them, to save money. My front door is stained mahogany and I want the interior doors to look like the front door. Also we used a gel stain on the front door. Can we achieve this look? The interior

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Pine Walls

I have a clear coated pine tongue and grove wall that a painting has hung on for ten years. When painting was removed, the pine behind it has not aged in colour like rest of wall. What are the options to make wall uniform other than sanding?

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Clear primer/sealer?

I want to do some decorative painting on bare wood (poplar). I’d like for the wood to show through on most of the surface. What would I use to protect the wood a little so I could also paint over with acrylic in some areas? Thanks

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Refinishing Doors

What is the best products for finishing hard wood doors that are 5 panels? I tried a gel stripper from Home Depot and it has been a terrible process. Would love some pointers.

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Cracking Patio

70 year old female do-it-yourselfer would like to know how to inexpensively, but effectively use a rubberized paint to cover a cracking patio. Have sealed in past, but feel needs something more so I can stop erosion along edges next to lawn. Need help quickly; just got idea kind of

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Cedar Screen Room

We just had a cedar screened porch installed and before we could treat the cedar it down poured for 2 days straight. Now we have dark marks around the cedar screen frame work. I’m pretty sure it was a run off from the screening. Is there a way I can

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Restaining Front Door

I had a handyman restain my front door. He did a light sanding of the entire door but heavily sanded a few areas that he said needed it. After he put the new stain and clear coat on the entire door I noticed the areas he heavily sanded were much

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Coating Exterior Semi-Gloss

Is there a clear coat I can put over exterior semi gloss paint to protect it from hail and hard rain? I painted our metal awnings. Thanks for any help.

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