COMMUNITY FORUM: PAINTING

Paint "alligatoring" on drywall

We recently painted the drywall in our son's soon to be nursery. We noticed the painted walls were crackling like reptile skin. We have been told...

over 4 years by 5slb6

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Drywall tape/joint compound

I have set up a small woodshop in the garage, and have noticed the tape/joint compound is coming lose/falling off in several locations. Can it be ...

over 4 years by 5slb6

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Drywall question

My ceilings appear to be drywall but the drywall boards are held together by something. It's not taped off or anything-it looks like the boards ar...

over 4 years by dextermom77

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Painting a Garage Floor

Our builder did a botched up job on the concrete for our garage floor. He decided to paint over it to hide the flaws. Now the paint is peeling in...

over 4 years by 5slb6

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Drywall Mudding- Cracked corners

My husband recently installed and mudded new drywall. While we were priming the drywall, I noticed there is a fine crack along the top corner of t...

over 4 years by 5slb6

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Drywall Taping Problems

I recently installed drywall tape on an inner corner I am doing, but I noticed after it dried that the tape did not adhere very well to the wall. ...

over 4 years by lifetimeremodel

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What the %$@# !! Exterior Hardiboard painting catastrophe

Hey, I installed Hardiboard siding on our new house and called Hardi corp. to ask if their primed siding was sufficiently primed before we painted...

over 4 years by JeffBValspar

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Kitchen Cabinets

My kitchen cabinets are 20 yrs old, they are not in bad condition just wear and tear over the years. I want to paint them to update my kitchen. I a...

over 4 years by 5slb6

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spray painting. to strip or not to strip

I am wanting to repaint a small metal file cabinet. It has quite a bit of paint loss on top but well-covered the rest. I know I must use primer fir...

over 4 years by sailor86

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Asbestos removal

I have the popcorn ceiling in my house which was built in 1958..not sure if it contains asbestos or not..non the less im going to get rid of the po...

over 4 years by lydiapark

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Dye Stains on Latex Paint!

Ohh, please help! I have newly painted porch posts (cream coloured) they've only been painted for a week, and silly me decided I'd decorate for Hal...

over 4 years by llostohioin

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New medicine cabinet--plaster & drywall issues!

Hi all; I have a small repair job on a bathroom wall in my old apartment in NYC. I removed the original medicine cabinet from the late 40's, and ...

over 4 years by garyofnyc

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Removing flat outdoor paint from clothing

Can anyone please tell me how to remove flat outdoor paint from clothing? My husband and I scrapped and painted our old garage. We both wore the ...

over 4 years by cloudyblue

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386

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Bathroom Prepainting Problems

I am in need of some advice concerning our bathroom. I apologize now for the length of this post, but I feel it is important for me to explain thor...

over 4 years by 5slb6

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paint railings on trex deck

LOOKING FOR SOME TIPS ON PAINTING RAILINGS ON AN ALREADY INSTALLED TREX DECK. IS USING TAPE AND A BRUSH THE WAY TO GO? SPRAYING IS NOT AN OPTION......