Painting Tips
Painting Tips
Preparing Your Deck for Paint or Stain
If your deck is looking a bit shabby, perhaps it is time to paint or stain-or, as the case may be, re-paint, or re-stain. Whichever one of these you plan on doing, preparation is the key...
Painting Tips
Preparing Interior or Exterior Surfaces for Painting
Preparing your walls, whether exterior or interior, for accepting paint is just as important as the actual painting, and especially when there is any type of unsafe lead paint to be eliminated, prep work...
Painting Tips
Many of us get in such a hurry to paint and see how our fresh new walls will look that we skip the most crucial step-applying primer before you paint. Primer is an absolute necessity when...
Painting Tips
If you have wallpaper and are worried about the condition of the wall underneath the wallpaper, you may prefer to paint over the existing paper. In some cases, painting over the existing wallpaper is...
Painting Tips
While hiring a professional painter is a good idea if you lack the skills, time, or tools to paint by yourself, it's imperative that you do your homework before investing your hard-earned dollars on...
Painting Tips
Paint Colors
Do:
•- Wall test or test paint color on a piece of cardboard placed against the wall before beginning to paint, since colors appear differently on a color chart
•- Paint two coats for light paint colors,...
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Painting in an environmentally friendly way isn't difficult, but it does require a little bit of planning. Nowadays, with an increased awareness of how what we do affects the environment, it's a lot easier to...
Painting Tips
It's possible to make a metal fence look new again with paint, but be prepared for a lot of work.
Removing Any Rust
Old metal fences tend to have rust spots. The level of rust will...