Questions tagged [painting]
For questions regarding the application of paint to a surface, including preparation and cleanup.
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Paint sticking & pulling from interior doors and frame
It has been months since interior doors were sanded, primed and painted (by licensed professionals) each time I close a door, when re-opened more paint and wood break off from the both the door and ...
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Is it possible to recover pencil marks on a wall that has been painted over multiple times?
My parent's home has a wall that apparently used to contain lots of pen and pencil marks indicating the height progression of my father when he was growing up. The house itself was built in the 1950s ...
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How to paint the hilltop house
What equipment would you guys use to paint on a slope? The house is at the top of a hill (basement plus two stories) and there is no level place to paint from. It is quite high. My husband is afraid ...
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How to Touch up prefinished white trim
We have white prefinished trim throughout the house, and we've tried to touch up the trim in places where it has seen some damage with an Interior Acrylic Latex paint but the latex paint has started ...
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Fixing prefinished MDF baseboards and trim
We, somewhat recently, purchased and had someone install baseboard and trim throughout our house, roughly 240 linear feet of each. We bought the prefinished stuff because we didn't want to have to do ...
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Would it work if I prime only a partial height of a painted wall?
I'm looking into repainting a classroom in an NGO facility (can seat about 80). Due to both time and budget constraints, I don't have freedom of spending too much time priming and painting the entire ...
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How to rectify tannin staining through paint?
I am painting some wooden internal window sills and skirting boards, and a yellow-brown stain is showing through the paint. From the answers to What are the brown stains showing through my white ...
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How should I treat outdoor wooden stairs to preserve them?
I plan to replace outdoor wooden stair planks. They are exposed to Florida heat and rain. I planned to paint them brown so they match their peers.
However, do they need any other treatment so that ...
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How to remove old masking tape from glass?
My gridded windows (small pane, divided light) were masked for too long and now the tape is brittle and leaves residue.
I'm using a razor blade to scrape and Goo Gone to remove the glue but is there a ...
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Removing wallpaper on concrete wall and prepare for paint
I have removed the textured wallpaper from the wall and the concrete is now exposed. There was a significant amount of glue, and I have used warm water with sugar soap and a scraper to remove as much ...
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How to handle painting with movement of cabinet door panel movement?
I am building new kitchen cabinet boxes with face frames. It is a no-brainer to pay for shaker style doors to be built and shipped to me, but I have some questions about how the paint will behave:
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What should I do with this deteriorating, partially removed, popcorn ceiling?
Over the years the popcorn ceiling (over drywall and painted, I believe) in my bathroom has started to "sag" in places. Recently pieces started to fall off and I decided it was time to ...
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What is the best way to increase the dry time of a water based urethane paint?
I am trying to paint some cabinets with Behr Uerthane Satin Enamel. Spraying and foam rolling both left an orange peel texture. After sanding those down, I tried painting with a Purdh nylox brush and ...
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Best paint (not spray) for outdoor plastic? [closed]
What's the best type of paint (not spray) for outdoor plastic? Something that will last almost forever and comes in gallon+ buckets, and is not cost-prohibitive?
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Should I paint the exterior wooden trim on my home if it's peeling?
I would like your advice on whether I need to repaint the timber exterior of my 2nd floor balcony. The house was built in 2008, so the paint job is about 12 years old. In this part of the world, it ...
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A good paint for kitchen cabinet doors?
I'm thinking about making my own cabinet doors from MDF, and I think it Can handle it, but I want to finish them with a good paint.
By good I mean something like polyurethane paint, which dries up ...
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Rolled paint on wall has a patch that goes completely flat (not colour but flat as in looks like it wash brushed not rolled)
I have a patch on my wall where the rolled paint goes completely flat against the wall so it looks like it was brushed on in that area rather than rolled like the whole wall.
Before I painted it there ...
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Outdoor concrete repair/resurface/sealing and painting
We have an outdoor patio at my house which was made of concrete, but I don't think it ever got the finishing coat (it was supposed to be tiled but never happened) nor sealed and it has been there for ...
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What type of UV-resistant (fade-resistant) paint is best for a rain barrel made of polyethylene? It will be in a greenhouse
What type of UV-resistant (fade-resistant) paint is best as the outer coating of a rain barrel? The barrel is made of polyethylene. It will sit in a greenhouse, so other than direct sunlight and ...
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Should I paint copper pipes exposed to nature?
I'm using copper piping -- about 5 feet total -- externally, to make it easier to water the grass. In addition to copper pipes, the connectors and valves are brass (Sharkbite).
Should I prime/paint ...
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How to get dried paint out of washing machine?
I'm trying to clean latex paint out of a front end loader washing machine. It was a towel that was soaked in paint. Chalk paint! It was thrown in my front end loader and I’ve been trying for 2 days to ...
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Caulk/paint between wall and ceiling falling off, how to paint over?
We just removed wallpaper from one wall in our new house. Most of the wall underneath just looks like plastered concrete wall, however, close to the ceiling, it looks like there is instead white paint
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Does weathered wood benefit from paint or sealer?
2-3 years ago my father-in-law created new gates for us. He was visiting from out of town, and his visited ended before he could paint them. At that time, I didn't understand anything about wood &...
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What are the small raised bumps on exterior painting?
I just had my house repainted. I hired the highest rated contractor on google in this area and paid more than regular.
Today when I had a close look at the wall, I noticed quite a few small dots.
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Which type of material should I use to fill in gaps below the trim in unfinished stairs to basement
These are the stairs to the basement and the basement is somewhat finished with LVP. Not sure whether the previous owner considered this as finished stairs, definitely not to me. I am trying to clean ...
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Can an old-cement garage floor be painted in sections?
This question is related to our other question about relocation of our hot water heater. The current plan is to put the new water heater in the garage on the cement floor, so our concern is how to ...
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How to repaint cement boards
Some of the lower boards of my 10-year old Hardie siding have become brownish. I am planning to repaint. What is the best approach?
Prime it again and then paint. Or just paint?
I suspect rain water ...
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Layering sheens: What kind of paint sheen should I use under a polyurethane semi gloss?
Back story:
I'm painting my kitchen cabinets. I am committed to putting a protective coating on them.
I recently painted my bathroom cabinets and I had an issue. I sanded to the wood!, primed, ...
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Putting up posters in hard to reach places
I'd like to place posters in a hard to reach spot in my home.
The posters are pretty sturdy. They're glossy prints on thick cardstock paper.
I'd like to place them up along a tall wall, except that ...
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Painting over stained shoe molding
We got new floors installed and made the error of not requesting new baseboard, re-using the existing baseboard, and having stained shoe molding (instead of white painted). Since re-doing the floor is ...
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How to treat exterior wood that has been exposed for long periods?
I have some door frames and other wooden features which were originally painted but the paint has long-since all flaked off. The wood is not rotten and seems fundamentally sound but it is extremely ...
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Can I use mdf primer on exterior wood?
I am repainting my front door. I have an unopened can of MDF primer, can I use this prior to painting?
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Painting Pressure Treated Wood | Outdoor Steps Application
I am needing to rebuild some stairs (3 steps), and the previous owner has a great colour scheme going on the house, and I want to maintain that. Now, my wife and I like to do builds/projects that are ...
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Is a paint spray tip's fan width related to material flow?
I know how to read spray tip sizing, but I'm not 100% clear on the impact of fan width on mil thickness.
So, for example, if I have a 212 tip and a 412 tip, they have the same opening size. But is ...
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Does primer lose its bond surface after a period of time?
I read somewhere that you should paint a few days after applying primer or the primer may lose its ability to bond with the paint.
Is this true and what happens if you have to wait for a week after ...
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Does primer normally separate in to different colors, or is this mold growing in it?
I have two five gallon buckets of Sherwin Williams PVA Drywall Primer & Sealer which is about a year and a half old. One is a partial bucket and the other is sealed and has never been opened.
I ...
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How to fix bad paint job?
I really wanted to paint one of my walls from white to a semi-glossy black. Not being a painter at all, at the recommendation of the store clerk, I used primer. Unfortunately, it was a spray primer ...
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Painting External brick wall
I plan to paint the brick wall from foundation to the DPC which is 6 courses deep. Will bitumen be more ideal or a breathable storm/weathershield protection, as well as a primer/stabilising solution.
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Water base , oil baed or shellac primer on old plaster wall
I would like to use latex paint to on old plaster walls in a 1800's house. Some of the walls had to be patched with new plaster where the old plaster was removed down to the lathe. There appears they ...
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Preparing an old metal cabinet for painting
I bought an old metal cabinet that needs some restoration work, maybe not the best idea for a guy with no DIY experience and two left hands. So first I asked at a paint shop how much it would be to do ...
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Re-priming over sanded primer
I’m finishing bare oak cabinets. I burned through the coat of primer during my sanding. Am I good to start spraying the alkyd paint on this or do I need to go back a prime again over the burned ...
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Why does my painted wooden post have brush lines?
This wooden door frame (see photo below) was painted high-gloss white a month or two ago. Using cheap paint and a cheap paint brush. The surface was superficially sanded (previously painted a number ...
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Primer Bulls Eye 123 is peeling off newly flattened walls with AG joint compound
The problem: Blue painters tape is peeling Zinsser Bulls Eye 1 2 3 primer off the new dry walls.
The project: I removed a fireplace and brick facade and replaced it with new sheet rock covered with ...
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Paint-stripping purgatory - stuck in the middle - what should we do?
My wife was prepping our kitchen to be painted this weekend in our 1920's era condominium. Presumably lead paint is present but we do wear masks when working.
There's an old door and door frame, and ...
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Painting Dark Color
I'm painting a wall with a very dark color, - a black/green, The wall was previously painted white.
I'm using Behr Marquee One Coat.
Problem is that I went over with a brush areas where I saw tiny ...
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Improve weatherworn, stained rubber saddle on outdoor playground toy
I installed a rocking horse for our kids. (saved from a neighbour's trash).
The black rubber saddle on it looks weathered as can be seen in the photos below.
I am looking for a way to make it look ...
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Removing a wallpaper border which has been painted over
I'm currently decorating a painted room which had a wallpaper border around it. The room has been repainted at least twice, and the border was never removed.
I have removed the border and this has ...
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EXTERIOR WALL CRACKING
Hi I am hoping for some advise please on the exterior cracking of our house, and how to rectify it permanently if possible, you can see from the photos painters have tried to cover this up when ...
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Exterior Render Painting
We moved into our house 5 years ago which is rendered. We learnt soon after moving in the builders who worked on the house were not very professional. The exterior of the house is rendered and painted ...
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Rescue water damaged MDF door
One of our vanity doors is in very bad shape after a leak some time ago. Now I'm trying to save it if possible. I've managed to sand away the very bad swells
However the bottom feels rather fluffy.
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