exterior paint
I'm about to start a job that is going to involve a whole lot of paint stripping. I'm aware of the porter-cable power paint stripper, but I'm wonde...
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Bathroom walls/wallpaper mess..HELP!!
My wife was taking wallpaper off the bathroom wall, and the drywall paper began tearing off also, leaving brown paper spots in a lot of places. Doe...
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poor paint job
I bought a condo a year ago. Lately, I've noticed lots of black marks on the ceilings and walls in places that I couldn't have knocked against. A...
about 13 years by Wick
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painting paneling
I think we can handle the cleaning & painting of the paneling with all of the good advice from all of you. How though, can we either paint over or...
about 13 years by andyndenise
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Tin Ceiling
I am restoring an old 2000 sq.ft. tin ceiling. I have replaced all the badly rusted panels with new, that I had a tin smith duplicate. The remainin...
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Where can I find cellulose thinner?
I read a book on collage and one of the techniques is photocopy transfer. With a cotton ball, they dab cellulose thinner to the back side of the ph...
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heat gun or citra peel
I am restoring a new house that has a lot of painted over and varnished over wookwork. Any recommendations on a heat gun and which temperature wor...
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Celotex tile
My ceiling is made of old Celotex tiles, but I want a textured acoustic ceiling. I know that I can tear out the tiles, install drywall, and then ap...
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Popped drywall screws
We are having problems with drywall screws popping in the ceilings and interior walls of our year old new home and we have no idea why. Our home i...
over 13 years by MacQuarrie
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Painting paneled doors
I'm painting wooden paneled doors that have never been painted before. I'm using Paso, Benjamin Moore Underbody and 2 coats of BM oil. My problem...
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Cleaning Pop Corn Ceilings
When we bought our house, the old owner remodeled the kitchen. In doing so, he sprayed a pop corn ceiling but neglected to put in an exahust fan. T...
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Wallpaper borders
Wher to place a border in bedroom. Want the room to appear high celing-ed. But I am concerned about hanging picture. Is it okay to intrerupt the...
over 13 years by jdiehl2231@aol.com
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help me remove wallpaper from plaster with steam
I have 80 year old plaster walls with vinyl wallpaper. Tried scoring then DIF gel, only comes off in thin tiny strips. I have decided to try rent...
over 13 years by Wick
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Paint Colors
Looking for resources to determine paint colors for interior of house built in 1900. Would like to restore to period color scheme.
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drywall MEETS OLD PLASTER WALLS
I RECENTLY STARTED A REMODELING PROJ. THAT APPEARED TO BE A SIMPLE PAINTING JOB. DUE TO THE TERRIBLE CONDITION OF TWO OF THE FOUR PLASTER WALLS I ...
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Painting high walls in stairwell
The ceiling is 14' foot high in my stairwell and the ceiling line runs diagonally with the angle of the stairs so it maintains this height for most...
over 13 years by Lonesome Dove
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Cracking paint over plaster.
My house is about 80 years old the 20 or so layers of paint on the plaster has been cracking and flaking off in several areas. Is there any way I ...
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Exterior Pine with Clear Wood Finish
I am thinking about finishing my clear pine board & baton house (in the woods: partial sunshine) with a Clear Wood Finish. What will the siding loo...
over 13 years by Elaine Gotham
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Removing Latex paint on Plexiglass
I have a set of French doors with plexiglass panels. When they were painted with latex paint, some of it ended up on the plexi. How to remove it wi...
over 13 years by Elaine Gotham
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Hole in wall right beside bathtub - HELP!
I hope someone can offer some advice. I was removing wallpaper in my bathroom and discovered a hole in the wall right next to the bathtub. It loo...
over 13 years by Wick
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