painting over powder-coated aluminum sunroom walls
Hi! I have a new all white sunroom made of powder-coated aluminum and I want to paint and wallpaper the interior of it. Is this possible? Do I n...
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What year is this drywall?
My house was built in 1954 and my basement is done up with drywall that look likes wood paneling. Meaning it does not have wood paneling wallpaper ...
12 months by munchkinclif
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Unpaintable Caulk Used On Porch - Already Primed with Latex Kilz
I am adding trim pieces to my plain outdoor wooden porch columns. I mistakenly used unpaintable caulk. I have seen on other forums to try using Zin...
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Painting Cedar shingles
Going to start painting the outside. Any suggestions on a roller,the shingles expose about 5 inches. Thanks.
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RL Paint Absolutely sucks. Now I have to color match.
I had some water issues shortly after I bought my house causing the need to redo a finished basement. I had used Ralph Lauren pain because I liked...
about 1 year by munchkinclif
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Painting adjoining rooms
I need help deciding on paint colors for my kitchen and living area. This is an open area with only a bar separating the rooms. In the past I use...
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melamine paint for whiteboard?
I've been pricing whiteboards and realize the surface is usually melamine. I'm wondering if I can just paint a section of my existing wall with me...
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Staining wood furniture a darker color???
Hello. I'd like to stain my 8 year old china cabinet a darker color. Most of the piece is glass. It only has wood from top to bottom at all four...
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Paint or stain for wood paneling?
I have successfully painted several rooms of "regular", smooth finish paneling. I like the look, and even kept the grooves. However, I have one r...
about 1 year by shawntheweaver
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wallpaper removal from plaster walls
I need some input..we're moving into an old farmhouse (1840's) and the walls are old plaster. They're all covered in very old wallpaper and I'm a b...
over 1 year by AlexCavity
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shadowing over stud lines - interior painted walls
What causes ghost shadowing on interior painted walls?
over 1 year by AlexCavity
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Drywall over concrete stipling walls prior to painting
We recently bought a house where the walls had a thick concrete stipling design on all of the walls. We did not like this look, and wanted basic pa...
over 1 year by AlexCavity
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non-muddable drywall?
My trouble started when I decided to remove a wall-to-wall mirror in order to tape under it to patch an adjacent newly installed section of dryw...
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painting and carpeting?
We're remodeling a house we just bought. We're going to have it repainted and recarpeted, both by professionals. We've been told that we should ...
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painting the kid's room.
We are considering painting my son's bedroom. We live in a mobile home. All walls are white and my guess is that it's enamel. Do we need to prime o...
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exterior painting in cold weather??
We just had a new flat roof installed and on the gable there was a small plywood door which leads to the attic which we never use---but it had gott...
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Please help me fix this cracked wall!
Hey guys, Total rookie here, but I need to make a couple repairs before I move out of this place and don't have any friends IRL who can help wit...
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Bad house paint job Brush marks everywhere
Ok. I bought a house that was built in 1960. The paint job in the house is bad. It looks like a previous owner painted the entire house with a brus...
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latex over oil on trim-any non-toxic options
We just purchased a colonial home built in 1947 and are first time homeowners. Most of the interior is in need of painting and is all oil based. Wh...
over 1 year by Globe Jockeys
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VINYL BLINDS
I have some green vinyl blinds hanging in my bedroom windows. I went with a darker color in order to block the sun which shines very brightly in m...
over 1 year by williams588
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