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Bathroom Painting

June 13, 2011

Hello – I will be painting my bathroom in the near future. In the past (last three times) when I painted it, the paint ran down the wall and had a hard time sticking to the drywall. My question is: Why does this happen? And what could I do to

Brick Basement Walls

June 12, 2011

How do I seal and paint my brick basement walls and cement floor?

Crackin plaster / paint

June 7, 2011

We moved into our house nearly 2 years ago. It had a damp problem but the previous owners had a damp proof course put in before we moved in and we were given a 10 year guarantee cert. The walls after the damp proof course had been re-plastered. So on

Bubbling Paint

May 13, 2011

Bubbling paint has started to appear in quite a big section on our interior lounge wall before the kitchen door frame. It sits just above the skirting board. Could this be caused by dampness?

After I cut in a room, can I wait 4 hours to roll the walls?

May 10, 2011

I was told that after you cut in a room that you had to roll the walls before the cut in paint drys, is that true?

Blistering paint where the windows are.

April 23, 2011

Our bedroom paint job lasted 5 months and started blistering on the walls where the windows are. This is the 2nd time in 5 months that this happened. The painter did use a latex paint. However, he used fans to dry the wall. Now it is blistering again. Do we

Bubbles on latex wall.

April 9, 2011

I painted latex in a bathroom that I didn’t know had oil based paint on it. Now it is bubbling and I want to fix it. How do I fix the bubbling paint?

Cranberry Stripe

April 3, 2011

I have painted my kitchen walls and now would like to paint a Cranberry Stripe all around the top. Could you give me suggestions on size and how to do this?

Bathroom Paint Cracking

March 20, 2011

My kids bathroom was painted a few years ago, and is just now starting to crack all over. How to fix it?

Bubbling Paint

March 18, 2011

I have started painting my new house this past week and have found that in a few places – mainly where there were scratches or nicks in the wall that I patched with polyfill – that the paint is bubbling and comes off very easily in large chunks. Why is