shadowing over stud lines - interior painted walls
What causes ghost shadowing on interior painted walls?
COMMUNITY FORUM: PAINTING
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...
almost 2 years by williams588
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Valspar exterior paint
How is the quality of Valspar exterior paint?
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wallpaper removal with dif does not work
Hi,Do you have any suggestions? We scored the wallpaper and then sprayed on DIF. We used the wallpaper removal tool, but the wallpaper is not com...
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texturing over panel
i have a mobile home full of 70 style paneling, you know with the lines on it. Can I possibly hide this under a coat of mud. Do I need to mud in t...
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Time to tackle this trim...
But I have no idea where to start. This is exterior trim on the front of my home. The home was built in 2005. The trim is cedar with some kind...
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Glidden Gripper
Can you mud and tape over the top of this stuff?? I am working on a 10 year old modular home, it has drywall that is covered with some kind of text...
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Hardiplank Siding
We are getting estimates to have our house painted and the wood rot repaired. Most the companies are spraying the siding which in our case is Hard...
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Blueboard, veneer plaster & water damage from pipe burst
Hello: I had a pipe burst in my dining room ceiling recently that spewed water for approx. a half hour or so before I found it and shut off the wat...
about 3 years by BruceRidenour
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Tips on preparing old porch banisters for painting
My parents home was built in the 30's and the front porch has two sides of banisters. They are old and the paint is coming off but there are parts ...
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Repainting metal exterior door on mobile home
The coating on our metal exterior door was coming off, so I removed it all and lightly sanded it. I put on a coat of metal primer, then used exter...
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Glidden Ultra-hide Gripper
I've heard a lot about this stuff on here, and that it's better than the 123 product. One thing I haven't found out though is whether or not it is...
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