Patio ceiling color to repel spiders?
We're having a screened porch built, with a beadboard ceiling. I have heard that there is a color of blue that repels spiders and other bugs. I'm t...
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about 4 years by doug seibert
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Barn board- need help!
My kitchen is covered in real barn board,walls&cabinets. It is very dark and very rough. How can I make them lighter? Varnish, stain, paint, glaze...
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Paint color that resembles wood
There are about 4 layers of paint on the stairs in my 100-year-old house, the last color being deck gray. The stairs are sturdy so no need to repl...
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Latex primer over varnish
I just recently used a latex primer (Glidden Gripper) over varnised interior trim and believe I have made a mistake. I had sanded the trim and dec...
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steel siding
Yes I have steel siding and I have 4 places around the house where it peeled over the winter. This is the second year in a row this has happened.I ...
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peeling paint
I just took a border off with a steemer. The steemer seemed to melt the paint under and around the border. the border was in the middle of the ro...
about 4 years by rlbilletter
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Paint peeled when removing painters tape
I just painted my bathroom and used the blue painters tape. When I went to remove the tape from the wall the next day the paint peeled off in some...
about 4 years by mjordanlmj
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wallpaper backing/paint prep
I removed the wallpaper border to replace it with paint. Then discovered that the remaining "wall" was actually the wallpaper backing. Can I paint...
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Stainable Fiberglass
Purchased 2 nice (expensive) fiberglass double-doors a while back. I an a pretty experienced carpenter/woodworker, but not so with fiberglass. I wa...
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sand blasting paint from concrete pool
What is the proper proceedure to sandblast paint from a concrete swimming pool in preparation for installing tile
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Staining a Table a Darker Color ...
Hello. I have a cocktail table, fairly new, which appears to be cherry and stained a medium reddish/orange color. I'd like to change the color to...
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Thin Coat Plaster Primer
Does anyone know if you have to use a special primer over new construction thin coat plaster? I want to paint the walls after priming and wasn't s...
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painting a range hood
Can i paint a range hood from beige to black or silver and what is the best paint to use. Can u give me a step by step procedure to paint a range h...
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Mud is delaminating from the paper tape
New greenboard installed in the bathroom. Paper tape over the seams has no bubbles. First coat of mud looks great. After the next coat of mud dr...
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Spraying versus Brush painting outside of home
I would like to know which would be ebst. My house is over 20 years old and has some cedar trim as well as soffit and fascia wood. Painter is spra...
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Painting over formica
The old owner of my apartment used formica to build out an evae for recessed lighting. It is all yellowed and I am trying to find out how one would...
over 4 years by NancyBreland
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Proper prep of skim-coat before painting, post-wallpaper
I'm in the process of removing wallpaper from my master bath. After removing the paper, I found large portions - but not entire sections - of the w...
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Damaged Drywall & Texture
I have a wall I need to texture, but it originally had wallpaper that was applied directly to the drywall, so when the wallpaper was removed, it al...
over 4 years by lifetimeremodel
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Discouloration of Roof Paint
I have used a prepainted roofing materials (spanish red)for my newly constructed house. After a year, a discouloration is obviously appearing in al...
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Valspar Venetian Plaster Cracking
I just did my kitchen in Valspar Venetian Plaster and though I tried to be careful and not spread it too thick, I have lots of little cracks in som...
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