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Clumping Paint

July 19, 2011

How do I keep paint from clumping up when outside in extreme heat?

Cornices are shiny after painting with flat ceiling paint.

June 26, 2011

I have painted the ceiling and cornices of my hallway with flat white ceiling paint and the cornices keep coming up shiny and patchy. I put plenty of paint on the brush. The hallway has both old and new cornice and both are affected in the same way. Can anyone

Change semi-gloss to flat.

June 15, 2011

Interior latex paint. Can semi gloss be changed to flat?

Air bubbles in industrial enamel.

June 8, 2011

I’m currently working with Sherwin Williams industrial enamel alkyd on exterior wood, that has been previously painted with an exterior alkyd enamel. I’m getting air bubbles in my finish. I tried thinning it, still getting air bubbles, I tried adding jap drier and thinning it, and I’m still getting some

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?

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?

Corrugated Plastic Sundeck Roof

April 8, 2011

What is the best paint to put on corrugated plastic roofing? My deck is covered in this clear corrugated plastic and it’s like a green house in the summertime. I love my roof and don’t want to replace it so thought painting it would be a better idea than draping

Changing paint sheens.

March 24, 2011

Do you have to prime before going from eggshell finish to flat finish?

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