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Can I use one primer/sealer on new drywall & existing painted surfaces?
It's nearing time to paint a newly converted laundry/storage room, and I'm trying to determine if I can get away with a single primer/sealer or if I would have better luck with a couple of more ...
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Old primed walls are now stained and oily [duplicate]
I discovered the walls going down to the basement were only primed and never painted. Looks like one coat also, I doubt if it was more as several parts have been torn and it looks too thin of a layer....
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Walls look streaky and patchy after fresh paint
Hoping someone can help me here. I’ve researched this to death and I can’t figure out what’s happening.
I painted my walls recently and the results are amateur at best. Head on they look fine but from ...
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Improving water stained unpainted garage drywall
New home owner, my garage has a basic drywall finish - ie nominally sanded joints. There are also water stains all over the dry wall - I'm going to guess they washed their cars inside the garage with ...
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How to fix ceiling/wall joint after popcorn texture removal
Removed the popcorn, and the joints are in bad shape now. Guessing from the mud residue when it was scraped. enter image description here
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Why is new acoustic texture cracking?
I am having ceiling repairs done in my house after a water leak from the roof. The bathroom repairs are not going well. The first time they scraped off the old popcorn and put new popcorn on it didn't ...
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Where can I find/how can I make metal screws with black heads? [closed]
I have built some shelves that I specifically want to use black screws and washers for. Finding black metal washers was nearly impossible so I used some metal spray paint to make black ones. That ...
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Is it paint or wallpaper?
We got recessed lights installed and are looking to do some patchwork over the small nails that the lights were installed on. In my home, the previous owner has provided both paint as well as ...
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My spare bathroom has several areas where paint is peeling off How can I fix this to repaint the area?
I’ve sanded the spots to remove any flaking paint and smooth the surface. I then spackled one of the spots and noticed there was air bubbles like under the paint and spackle. I tried to just paint ...
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How can I repair walls where the paint is peeling off the drywall?
The company who built our home subcontracted all the work. The drywall was installed and taped, then they started fixing spots with mud, trimmed, and painted all at the same time. We only realized ...
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How do I paint rough drywall?
The drywall is not smooth. What is the best way to paint this? Using a roller does not apply the paint evenly.
Why is it like this?
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Why is my joint compound releasing from the old paint below it?
Basement Reno - Our stairwell was/is painted with lead paint. It needed to be evened out and our contractor covered the stairwell areas that had the lead paint with drywall mud to "encapsulate&...
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How to match orange peel texture of wall paint?
The left hand side of this pic is a recently mudded patch, and the right side is the original paint job with orange peel.
When painting the patched part, how can I match the orange peel texture?
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What is the source of these reddish stains on my drywall?
Some of my painted interior walls have reddish spots and streaks appearing. The stain appears to be on top of the paint and not the underlying material. Age of the paint and house is about 20 years.
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How should I prepare the surface of my walls after removing wallpaper?
I am remodeling the bathroom in my 1961 house. I have gyprock lath walls that were covered with wallpaper that had been painted over.
Upon removing the wallpaper there were patches of smooth paint/...
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