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Compounded areas bleeding through paint.

March 21, 2010

I am an experienced contractor and painter and have come across this dilemma more than once in my life time. Recently I did a renovation with about 60 boards of drywall. After taping and sanding I primed it with Zinsser 123 primer. After priming I lightly sanded the walls with

Bathroom Painting

March 18, 2010

Bathroom walls have a lot of hair spray marks on the wall. They will not wash off. What do I do before I repaint the walls? thanks

Best paint for a bathroom.

March 9, 2010

I have a small bathroom with a shower and no fan. I have painted one coat, tan color, satin finish. After showers you can see the moisture running down the walls. It needs 2nd coat. Should I change Paint finish? Any suggestions?

Cut-in paint not blending.

March 7, 2010

With the same color of eggshell paint from the same gallon, the cut-in area done by brush is lighter than the wall area done by roller. What can we do to remedy that? It really pronounces the areas close to ceiling and baseboard.

Ceiling Paint

March 1, 2010

Why should I use a ceiling paint after using a primer? Can it be left “as is” without consequences? Thanks

Cracking paint where ceiling and wall meets.

February 9, 2010

We recently moved into a home and the walls were newly painted by the previous homeowner. Over the last few months I have noticed that where the ceiling and the wall meet the paint is cracking and chipping. Could you please give me a reason why this might be happening

Accent wall corner.

February 7, 2010

How do you get dividing line straight when painting the corner where two colors meet?

Blue painters’ tape removed some of the new paint.

January 27, 2010

I recently painted my bathroom. I did the baseboards and door frames a different color. I used blue painters’ tape to protect the newly painted walls. When I removed the tape — it removed some of the new paint. How many days do I have to wait after painting before

Ceiling white paint as a primer.

January 10, 2010

Can you use a ceiling white paint as a primer for the walls?

Ceiling Painting Problems

December 10, 2009

I didn’t follow any of the rules of ceiling painting and now have a mess after paying almost $500 to have the knock down texture blown on the ceiling. I have roller lines and it seems to have picked up the squares of the 2X6 beams also so I have