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How to get rid of odorous paint?
My landlord used a chemically smelling paint that is designed to cover cigarette smoke but no one smokes here. I am allergic to the paint he used and the smell is awful. It was the base coat. He also ...
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Is this damage to a plastered brick wall from furniture typical?
My wife and I recently became homeowners for the first time, and did our first home renovation. We opted to have smooth painted walls and hired a company to do this for us. Over our first months of ...
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Need advice. Painted over semi-gloss wall with matt emulsion paint without primer beforehand
The painter I hired painted over the semi-gloss walls with matt emulsion paint without using a primer beforehand. So the color from the original semi gloss paint is still coming through in spots as ...
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What steps do I need to take to repaint plaster walls?
What steps do I need to take to paint over already painted white plaster walls with a slight glossy finish?
This might be a dumb question but my walls are I think plaster and I’m looking to paint over ...
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Did I paint my walls with mold? [closed]
I was using 6 month old paint to paint a tiny room in my house, the paint was first stored in the attic and then it was stored in the garage for a full week before I started painting. The white paint ...
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Could anyone help me identify what this is? Mold? Efflorescence?
I was cleaning and noticed this today. I am going to go to contact building management and see how best get started handling this as soon as I can (I'm in a co-op). I don't know what this stuff is but ...
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What is the layer on my wall and peels off when wet and how do I fix/replace it?
I was about to re-paint the ceiling of my closet. I am not sure when this was done the last time but the structure itself is lath & plaster from 1929.
After putting on some paint, it seems one ...
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What adhesive solution should use for walls with powdery surface?
I just moved into a new place and I am adding curtains in a window and do not want to put holes in the wall so I used 3M double sided adhesive hook for the curtain pipe.
It works for a couple of days ...
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Does rotting surface near window relate to ant problem?
I just moved to an (rented) apartment in a big urban building, and there’s an ant problem that seems to be coming from one particular window. Right next to that window is what looks like rotting paint,...
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How can I remove or cover flooring adhesive on my walls?
Background: I bought my first home recently from an elderly couple who had owned their home since 1970. The husband was a flooring contractor. In addition to installing different flooring in each of ...
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Did I fudge up or is my paint just too light?
I am needing to do touch-ups around the house and I grabbed a sample off the wall since our handyman fudged up some of the paint anyways, took it down to home depot and the lady made me a quart, she ...
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How to effectively remove white glue from a wall?
I have been removing some wood strips from a painted wall (see the image attached) which were attached using white glue.
After the whole process, it has naturally left a variety of rests on the wall, ...
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How to clean up paint "air bubbles" after double sided tape?
My partner and I are renting a place for the first time ever. We decorated the walls with some posters using double sided tape and double sided foam tape.
We like rearranging the place a bit, so we ...
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How do i fix paint flashing?
So I spent the weekend patching over a paint rip and have finally gotten the wall level after a ton of sanding/mudding/priming the spot etc. I’ve finally gotten a decent color match and gone over the ...
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Drywall: Removing old mirror and installing new one
We are ripping off an old condo mirror from the 1970s, and laying on a new mirror of the exact same size.
Below is a picture of old glue circles, and wall behind it. Before installing the new mirror, ...
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