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How to remove old paint from the wooden deck?
There is two layers of old paint and the latest one was put on top of the old one without primer. It started chipping in some places and could be removed quite easy without any tools.
With some ...
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Uneven Paint Layers [closed]
I have some spots that look like the wood was scraped and painted without sanding or filling so you can see the different layers / heights. Please recommend grit(s) to use on my random orbital sander ...
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Can I leave pre-primed wood siding unpainted during winter? [closed]
Unfortunately, I recently brushed against the corner of my house as I was pulling through our very narrow driveway, which pulled off a corner piece of trim as well as damaging two pieces of wooden ...
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Smell after staining - even months after
Pine shelves that I cut. Stained with a Varathane pre-stain wood conditioner, wiped with a cloth, waited about an hour, then used a cloth to apply a Varathane Premium wood stain (Colonoal Maple, if ...
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How to remove ceiling paint from decorative wood beams [duplicate]
Wife was painting the ceiling and got ceiling paint on the decorative wood beams (everywhere). I need to remove the paint without damaging the beam. I tried isopropyl alcohol and a scraper because ...
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Existing external timber columns paint peeling off after 9 months - how to fix?
I've got some existing external timber columns.
The columns are 30+ years old.
They are not solid wood, but rather boards, used to make the uprights and then timber mouldings to make the "feet&...
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Process for repairing flaking paint on fascia boards?
The paint on my fascia boards is starting to flake off, especially where different boards meet. I wanted to make sure the process I have in mind looks right:
Sand fascia boards w/ 120 grit
What kind ...
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How to remove rest of paint from wood beam
What is the best way to remove the remaining paint from this beam?
My goal is to remove all the paint and stain it so it matches the color of the door below it. So far I've chipped and sanded away ...
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Paintable wood sealer - does this exist
I have ground contact (MCA) wood which has dried for some number of weeks. I was thinking of sealing it to maximize exterior lifetime over many years and was wondering if there is a type of sealer ...
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How many gloss coats on a primed and undercoated external door?
I stripped a wooden exterior door back to bare wood.
It was then primed and soft-sanded.
Then I applied two coats of undercoat. It's a grey colour.
Since then, I've applied 5 coats of exterior Gloss - ...
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Can I apply linseed oil paint to new, primed timber?
We've recently had some new wooden casement windows installed. They arrived having already had a coat of (what I assume is) primer applied. Here's a close-up:
The windows were made and installed by a ...
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Exterior house paint has weird streaks coming from cracks. What is this?
I have a wood siding house. House was built in 1955, and exterior of the house was painted in the past decade (though not sure exactly when). The east side of my house has some cracks forming in the ...
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Refinishing stained wooden doors
A little while ago I had a contractor doing building and decoration work. As part of the decoration, they managed to apply the wrong colour wood stain to door frames, doors and skirting boards. ...
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How to clean wood stain drippings from rough spackle wall
I just finished painting an outdoor wooden fence with Tambout Varnit. Despite my best efforts, there were some drippings onto the wall underneath, which seems to be covered with some sort of very hard ...
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Can i paint over this semi sanded gloss door?
The door has been painted with white oil-based wood gloss paint over the past 15-20 years (See first image). In the past, I would just paint over it which worked fine the few times I did it.
Now I ...
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