Questions tagged [paint]
For questions regarding the paint product itself, including selection and maintenance.
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Custom tint Zinsser Perma-White paint won't stick to primed interior wall - why and how to fix
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In a bathroom that had some mold/mildew.
Existing paint on walls appeared to be eggshell latex on top of oil. The latex had crazed/cracked but was adhering.
Existing paint on ceiling ...
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Should I be concerned about my contractor not being lead certified
Wife and I live in a 1950s house. We’ve been planning a whole house renovation for months and finally found a GC we like.
We learned he isn’t qualified to work on lead-containing materials. He’s done ...
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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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Mdf painted without being primed
I put up MDF panels on my wall.
The painter didn’t use primer and directly painted with paint.
Can i go over with primer and then repaint? Are there any other solutions
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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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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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Small touch up jobs - big paint cans
I have been doing little DIY projects inside my house and as a result I have lots of little paint jobs to do - all drywall so far. I have the original paints.
Do I need to mix/stir the paint before ...
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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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Would "old formula" oil paints be available, and would they go on smoother?
This is probably not the right subject line - I'm not after the stuff in tubes, that artists use, but the kind of paint I remember was used in the past, well probably 40 - 50 years ago, that we used ...
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Restoring tongue and groove exterior siding [closed]
I have a detached garage built in the 1960's that is clad in tongue and groove siding with no sheathing. The wood is still in good shape but the surface is very worn, presumably from overly aggressive ...
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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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Test for arsenic / toxic enamel color (Scheele's Green / Schweinfurt Green)
I've come across a beautiful art nouveau stove by Deville & Cie of Charleville, France, prob. enameled iron in a beautiful green, around 1900-1930 (lay guesstimate)
Is there a way to test for ...
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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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Do I really have to use special primer to encapsulate lead paint?
I live in a 100 year old house with my wife and 6 year old. I’ve recently gone down the lead paint rabbit hole online, as I realized that some of the trim in my home has lead paint. Usually under ...
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Is there an easy way to fix the trim below the bay window? or better to replace?
What would I replace with? I was thinking I might be able to fill the hole with liquid wood or something.
