Buy a business or start my own.

I have been working for a business for about five years now and my boss is about to retire and I am out of the job if I don’t decide on whether I should buy his business (established since 72). Which consists of a trailer 40 foot ladder, 32 foot,

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Acrylic urathane on brass.

I’ve cleaned a brass surround on a hole-in-the-wall fireplace and the advice on the internet suggests that acrylic urathane seems to be the best lacquer to apply to stop it re-tarnishing. In your experience could clear acrylic urathane also be used on brass.

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Clear varnish over painted wood.

I have made some lawn ornaments from plywood cutouts, primed and then painted with exterior paint. There is white in the Santa beard and everything I have found in a marine varnish turns it yellow. Is there a better recommended product I can use that will give some protection from

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Best Kind of Paint?

I have always used Semi-Gloss paint because it is easy to clean and I am fixing to repaint my whole house. I do not like flat paint. Which is best to use, Eggshell, Satin, or Semi-Gloss? Someone told me that semi-gloss doesn’t go on as smooth. Is this true?

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Average time to paint?

I am painting mainly the exterior of homes in a county where the budget and standards are low. However, I’m able to maintain a professional job on a shoestring budget and will not budge… I have painted for 2 years over 20 years ago, now recently re-entering this seems to

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