Latex paint over stain
I have a wooden sign with raised letters. The background has been stained and I want to paint over that with latex paint. It would be hard to app...
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almost 6 years by carolynbills
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Preparing and painting wooden cedar shake siding
I'm looking for advice on prepping/priming/paiting our home that has cedar shake siding. I know the house has been painted with latex at least onc...
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Removing paint from brick
While painting the trim on my daughter's house we got some paint on her brick. It there anything that will take it off?
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Wallpaper on paneling
I wanted to repaper paneled walls. When removing old wallpaper the venier on the paneling came off too. Can I paper over this. What do I need to...
almost 6 years by Christyhosk
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Do I need a tinted primer?
I am repainting a room that is currently two colors. One is a dark yellow and the other is a bright/dark blue. To keep these colors from bleeding...
almost 6 years by kwheeler13
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painting moldings
Please help. I am trying to paint door and window casings/moldings. They are old plastic brown that I want to update to white. What can I use to...
almost 6 years by ashleedn05
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faux exterior stucco
I have heard that there is a faux stucco exterior paint out there but have not found it yet. I wish to paint a concrete foundation (stem) wall wit...
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I'm watching paint dry
Literally. Two coats of latex paint on a wood end table. I took the table apart, scuffed up the surfaces to give them some tooth, then painted ea...
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duration paint
I would like to know how duration paint has held up in jobs done years ago. I hear one job of 5 years ago has failed. Is there a better exterior...
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Gloss Paint Removal
How can I remove gloss paint form a plastered wall? I would like to emulsion the wall, but if I leave the gloss paint on the surface it would look ...
almost 6 years by doug seibert
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When to Prime
I have texturized my walls with joint compound and I was wondering if I needed to prime before I painted.
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ceiling problems
I am paying someone to come in and hang drywall on my ceiling. Right now I have ceiling tiles, the kind that is stapled to the stripes of wood. T...
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Help me with my ceiling?
Can you hang drywall over ceiling tiles? My ceiling tiles have water damage plus I think am thinking it will throw off my air vents and my lights ...
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Behr Paint quality?
I had my kitchen repainted the same Behr color as before. The contractor bought the exact burnt orange color (I had the exact color for him.) There...
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Glazing CABINETS
I want to glaze my cabinets but am unsure of what to buy. I want a black/brown color. Plus can anyone give me step by step instuctions?
almost 6 years by StacieChapman
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Exterior house painting w/columns
Have an older home with siding. The siding, columns (4 in front of the house), front door and garage door are white. Trim around the windows and ...
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Garage Doors
I am painting my garage door and garage man door in a colour that blends with the colour of the brick on the house. Do I paint the door jambs and ...
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New Look for Old Woodwork
Is there anything I can do to old woodwork that has been painted many times without removing the paint? Can I do some technique with paint that wil...
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paper over painted wall mural
My teenaged son moved to a different room several years ago. His old room has great forest paintings all over the walls. He really loved his room ...
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Textured tile/painted walls
I have a problem, and I desperatly need imput. Just installed slate tile on my bathroom floor and half of the wall. Texturing the wall with paint,...
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