PAINTING: EXTERIORS
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Choosing a paint color for your home’s exterior can be intimidating: This is a big, expensive job, and whatever color...
It's always amazed me to see workmen sanding all the paint off a home's exterior just because some of the paint is pe...
Researching how to paint a house? Here are eight expert tips to help make the undertaking DIY-manageable.
Summertime’s a great time to get to that exterior paint job you’ve been putting off. LISTENListen to BOB VILA ON EXTE...
The paint may be peeling, the color fading, or it just could be time to freshen the look of your home’s exterior. Is this a project you can do without the pros?
Repainting exterior wood or wood trim is time-consuming, so don't let your paint job fail. Learn to recognize the symptoms and create a paint job that will last.
New paints and surface coatings offer more protection for your home's exterior.
Architectural conservator Brian Powell helps Bob do some detective work to discover the original exterior paint color scheme. They then look at historically appro...
Bob learns about exterior paint that can be applied at temperatures near freezing, and also about low-odor low-VOC paints.
Alongside restoration specialist Richard Marks at the Federal-style home in Charleston, Bob watches painter David Snyder scrape and sand old wood siding.
Painting contractor Mike Suarez sprays water-based stain on the home's exterior, while Bob, accompanied by paint consultant Sherry Hiller, tours the island with a...
At the Plymouth project site, tips for exterior paint prep and application are shared.
Bob joins Ron Boyajian to talk over painting the exterior clapboards. The surface is power-washed, sanded, and primed. Then, acrylic paint is applied. The painter...
