Re: Painting Doors - Latex vs. enamel
This may be a simple question but I'm getting conflicting statements from contractors out there on which type of paint to use for the new interior doors I just ha...
This may be a simple question but I'm getting conflicting statements from contractors out there on which type of paint to use for the new interior doors I just ha...
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answersMy Natural Gas Hot Water heater is located in a closet.I want to paint the floor of the closet.Should I extinquish the pilot light or should I just make sure I ha...
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answersI just moved into a house that has knockdown texture on the walls and ceiling throughout, with every room being painted in an eggshell enamel. How do I remove...
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answersThe area above the kitchen stove has alot of tough grease on it. I have tried an ammonia based cleaner (spic & span) but it just seemed to smear it. I p...
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answersI just had my house painted only to discover, after the fact, that the painting company used the wrong paint. We specified Benjamin Moore Aura and the painters us...
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answersMy 100 year old house has white asbestos shingles. There is a thin dirt line right where one shingle overlaps the one below it. I want to pressure wash the whole ...
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answersAfter painting first coat to outside fence panels, the following morning we have lines from the top of fence. They appear to be a little sticky.
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answersI am having trouble removing the glue that is left on the walls after I removed the wallpaper. I have been working on the same area (approx 4 x 4) for over an ho...
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answersI have 4 painted antique doors that I am taking back to natural finish. The first 3 were laquer finishes that were painted over. A heat gun did the trick - with a...
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answersI have 4 painted antique doors that I am taking back to natural finish. The first 3 were laquer finishes that were painted over. A heat gun did the trick - with a...
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answersI am redoing the porch on our 100+ your old house. The railings have decades of paint layers on them and probably even some lead. I am looking for a place where ...
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answersA previous home owner applied tinted joint compound (she called it sheet rock mud) to create a textured look on a large area of the kitchen walls in the home we j...
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answersI have a 5 gal. bucket of joint compound, bought this summer. I used about 10% of it on two small jobs in July and Sept (3-5 months ago), and the bucket has been...
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answersI've decided to paint exterior of house an older house (lap siding) with "hunter green." Within the next few days I must decide on the finish (i.e., semi-gloss o...
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answersI recently used a Minwax Oil-based Polyurethane to seal my exposed brick. The problem I encountered is that on some of the bricks they turned an opaque color. I...
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answersI want to put drywall over brick on afireplace wall (no, I won't be gettingtoo close to the firebox). Question:how to adhere the drywall to the brick -adhesive (...
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answersWhat color red would you advise for the exterior of a house? We have looked at so many different shades and it hard to decide. Some of the reds we have looked at...
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answersI need help, please. Why can't we use a sprayer to apply the whitewash paint to the brick walls? Thank you
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answersJust wondering what is the best way to transport recently stained cedar boards? They will have had two days to dry. I stained some boards I now have to transport ...
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answersWe 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 two reasons. ...
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