This room was initially used as a workshop for a wood crafting hobbyist (when home was purchased in 1950). The plan to eventually turn it into a spare bedroom/guest room was never realized. Instead, it became a room to store belongings (since 1970). Imagine an “attic room”, for the past

I just painted a room with an alkyd base paint with one coat. Can I now paint a second coat with a water based paint?

I just primed and painted the trim in my bedroom green and I don’t like the color. Now I think I’ll go with white. Everything was primed and painted with acrylic paint, and I was planning on painting white semi-gloss over the green semi-gloss paint. The question is, do I

Ceiling water stained spots were covered with an oil-based Kilz. After painting the ceiling with flat paint, the shiny spots are showing through. Now what do we do to fix it? I do not want a glossy living room ceiling.

We just had our walls painted. It was very humid and the painter was rushed. He put on a second coat with a very short wait time between coats. One spot did not take the paint well and he said it appeared some oily stain was on the wall. Now

Is it good practice to paint spindles, fillets, and handrails prior to painting? A friend is replacing his stair handrails, spindles, fillets and guides. It seems a good idea to paint them prior to fitting, am I right?