For questions regarding the paint product itself, including selection and maintenance.
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Do you need primer between layers of paint? [duplicate]
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How do I prepare an already painted wall for new paint?
I tend to always use primer when painting...be it bare drywall or applying a new color.
But do I always need to ...
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How do I determine the amount of paint needed for a room?
I'm not very handy; thus I'm very new to this. Forgive my ignorance.
Is there a proper method or means of determine how much paint is needed to paint an entire room?
Or there isn't a way because ...
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How should masking tape be used when multiple coats of paint are being applied?
When painting, sometimes mask-free cutting-in is impractical and masking tape must be used. The advice here is to remove masking tape before the paint has dried. That makes sense when a single coat is ...
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What type of primer and paint are better used in a bathroom?
I just removed some wallpaper from a shower ceiling. I now have exposed drywall. What type of primer and paint do you suggest I use? I'm overwhelmed by the oil/water/latex bases, and when to use ...
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How to repaint an antique exterior door?
I am about to repaint my 100 year old front door, from white to black. I have reviewed the existing Q&A on the site, but none seem to specifically cover my issues. The door
has been previously ...
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How long does latex paint last?
I have several buckets of four-year old latex paint leftover from finishing our basement. Many are still in unopened original containers, in particular, our primary wall paint.
I opened one to use ...
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How can I make this stair rail less slippery?
I recently replaced the handrail on my staircase. I had just painted the moulding with a gloss white paint, and decided to paint the handrail the same color. It looks great! It's also very smooth ...
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How to avoid window sticking to paint?
Our house has several sliding windows that have a strip of rubber weatherstripping where the movable part of the window meets the frame when closed. The most recent paint (a semi-gloss latex) is ...
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What are the differences between “standard” BM Aura paint and the “Bath and Spa” variety? [closed]
What are the differences and pros/cons between the Benjamin Moore Aura Paint and the specially formulated Aura Bath & Spa Paint?
The manufacturer's page lists them with nearly identical specs ...
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How do I fix a rotting door frame?
This is a six year old house and I noticed that frame is rotting due to elements of nature.
Should I just paint over it? If not, how should I fix this?
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Laziest/Quickest way to smooth a wood-grain-textured door?
We have some ultra-cheap hollow-core doors in our upstairs. They aren't real wood but this synthetic laminate with a raised wood-grain texture. Ugly things.
But, I'm cheap, and am trying to salvage ...
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How can I get touched up paint to match?
I recently tried to touch up a spot on my living room wall. Nearly 20 hours later, that spot looks exactly like it did when I first painted it. I have the exact paint that the wall was painted with. ...
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What's the practical difference between “latex” and “acrylic” water dispersion paint?
I see lots of water dispersion paints in shops and they usually come in two flavors - "latex" and "acrylic". The application range and procedure seem the same, they are all relatively safe, don't emit ...
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Can I use interior oil-based primer on window glazing?
I'm re-glazing some windows with DAP '33'. The instructions call for an oil-based paint or oil-based primer. I have a can of Sherwin-Williams oil-based interior primer. Will this work over the ...
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How should I paint a stain on a white wall without having to repaint the entire wall?
My livingroom has a white wall with a visible brown stain on it.
I would like to cover it with some white paint but the wall was painted a couple of years ago so it is not bright white but it has ...
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Would it make sense to peel off paint from peeling bathtub
The paint in our tub has been developing air pockets under it for a while, and this morning a big chunk ripped off.
As far as I can see, the layer underneath is undamaged except for the stains. ...
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What is your top tip for painting?
Simple really - add your best tips for painting (a room, that is). Ideally one tip per answer for ease of voting.
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Should I use sugar soap or denatured alcohol to clean nicotine from painted walls?
I'd like to clean nicotine off of painted walls, but I'm not sure if I should use sugar soap, or denatured alcohol (methylated spirits).
Which would do a better job all-around, specifically for ...
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What kind of sealant can I use on my spray painted freezer?
I'm currently in the process of spray painting my freezer a matte black colour (I'm making a keezer). However, I would like to also apply a sealing coat on top of the black so that
My fingers don't ...
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How to remove/clean black mold?
What is the best way to remove black mold from wood?
Specifically, the mold on my back porch is black mold. Is the best option to use something like Kilz over it?
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How do I repaint furniture?
I've purchased this cabinet recently and would like to know if there is a way to paint it white?
It is described as:
Frame Material: Hardwood
Wood Finish: Painted
Finish: Painted
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How can I alter these wooden towel hooks so that the towels don't fall off?
We have this rack of towel hooks in our bathroom, but the hooks are so smooth that the towels easily fall off.
How can I alter it so that the towels don't fall off?
I'd rather not roughen up the ...
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What is the proper procedure for spray painting metal and plastic? [closed]
I've done a bit of studying around and I think I've grasped the basics, but if you could walk me through more nuances of spray painting, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Objective: Spray paint on steel ...
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Which type of paint would allow the easiest touch ups?
We rent out a flat and wish to be able to touch up the walls between tenants. I have used paint from the same tin to do the touch-ups but it is lighter then the paint that has been on the walls for ...
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Was my mold issue handled properly?
I hope we didn't screw this up. We're in a rental and there was mold (blackish/grayish spots but it didn't look fuzzy) on the bare sheetrock garage walls and near a dryer vented into the garage (fixed ...
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Is the permeability of normal shellac (flakes dissolved in spirits) the same as Zinsser B-I-N sealer?
I've made a whole batch of clear shellac for sealing ceiling and concrete floors in a heavily nicotine damaged apartment.
But I'm worried now that there may be some differences between them, such as ...
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How can I paint over mold to prevent it from coming back again?
The source of the leak has been fixed, however the old mold keeps showing though the new paint.
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How can I remove small paint specks from a wooden floor?
The painters I had hired (and quickly fired) to repaint my apartment spilled some paint (little specks and spots) on the wooden floors and let it dry off without cleaning it.
The paint was "glycéro", ...
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How can I clean and paint my basement floor?
The basement in my house I just purchased has remnants of paint on one half of the basement that is separated by a wall. The remaining paint is stuck down really well and I would like to paint over ...
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How can I remove paint from a deck?
I bought my house 3 years ago which has a latex-based painted deck surface and decorative fence around the edge. After shoveling snow each winter, the deck surface is chipped with raw wood exposed. ...
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How to prep fascia board for painting?
My fascia boards for the entire house are in good shape, but the paint is peeling. I want to get on a ladder and repaint them. My questions deal with the preparation.
Can I power wash the fascia ...
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What compound is best to use when skim coating a plaster wall that had wallpaper removed?
What kind of compound is best to use when skim coating a plaster wall that had wallpaper removed. Should it be thinned with water? when would one use Toping Compound instead of joint compound. Light ...
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Can I paint over wallpaper glue?
I have a room where I removed the wallpaper in preparation for painting. Surprisingly, the very old wallpaper just peeled right off, leaving behind most of it's glue. I used some wallpaper remover ...
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Drywall Painting: Do I need to keep priming here?
I am painting a room where the previous paint job was not very good. You can see brush marks from a great distance, it got all over the trim, and the paint looked watered down (thanks builders). It ...
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How do I determine where lead paint was used?
I just bought a new house. The inspector told me that the entry way paint is cracking because a previous owner painted over lead paint without using the proper primer. How do I find out which walls ...
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Is white paint the same color regardless of the company?
I'm painting and have run out of the particular white paint I was using. I have some leftover white from a different room. Is there a way to tell if the white will be the same and match?
Here are the ...
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How robust is ceramic tile paint?
A friend wants to paint the ceramic tile around her fireplace including some of the tiles on the floor in front of it. If those floor tiles get just a little foot traffic, is ceramic tile paint strong ...
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I am trying to find out if Debra Sutherland Paint is a good quality paint? [closed]
I found a great deal on Debra Sutherland's paint and I am wanting to know if it is a good quality paint or not. Price wise, it runs $22+, but I founf it for way cheaper.
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What is the cheapest way to brighten a basement workshop?
I have a bare concrete block unfinished basement. I have zero moisture problems (it's a 2007 construction with exterior waterproofing applied to the concrete along with a buried perimeter drain). ...
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How can I paint a concrete floor?
I have an ugly black concrete floor in the laundry and I would like to paint it white over the top.
I have a few questions.
What different steps do you take when you are painting over a color rather ...
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How can you paint tile?
Our bathroom is out of the 70's and the wife doesn't care for the colors. Remodeling is out of the question for now. Is there something I can use to paint over that ceramic tile so we can at least get ...
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How do I prepare an interior cement floor for painting?
I have an enclosed carport that serves as 4th bedroom/den in a 30 year old house. This room has long been used as storage, etc, and is in fairly bad shape. I'm rehabbing it to serve as a home office, ...
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How can I make MDF more resistant panels?
I have fallen in love with textured MDF panels used to make walls.
Oh boy that's beautiful. But raw, it's almost impossibly fragile. The question is : How can I make it harder, stonger to go ...
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painting a cork floor (previously coated with polyurethane varnish)
Our cork kitchen floor has a white stain and coated with 3 coats of polyurethane varnish two years ago. But the varnish has begun to wear through and the cork colour is visible.
We were never happy ...
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Why would you ever use oil paint on new work?
Background: a large steel door at our office was recently painted with an oil-based paint, and we spent the day suffering through the fumes that permeated practically every space in the building.
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Where can I find computer readable RGB values for brand name paints?
Where can I find computer readable RGB values, or equivalents, for brand name paints such as Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, and Behr paints?
[Edit] My interest was not so much about the specific ...
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How can a glossy finish be achieve on a wooden desk?
I'm planning to build a desk for my workstation and I wanted to have a glossy finish something like this.
I'll be using a 3/4" thick plyboard and plan to cover it with patching compound to have a ...
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Should Young Families Always Favor an Egghshell Finish?
When choosing paint, should young families always favor an eggshell finish because it's easiest to clean?
Also, are bathrooms and kitchens exceptions to this rule because water vapor can cling to the ...
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How can I effectively remove paint from receptacle covers and screws?
We moved into an older house, and one of the projects is going to be replacing the 2-prong receptacles and changing them into 3-prong. However, there's many layers of paint around/over the plates, ...
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How to deal with paint peel on normal wall [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I prepare a chipped, peeling, deeply cracked wall for painting?
I notice that there are patches of paint that are peeling especially the area that is near ...
