August 23, 2009 – The Practical House Painting Guide

Painting a new build and I have never painted before.

August 23, 2009

I am painting my home for the first time, as when I moved in two years ago it was a new build. The whole house is painted in a horrid creamily color and now I am starting to make my house look like a home, as I am a single

How Much Paint and How Many Coats For Our Home

August 23, 2009

We have a house with painted siding. It is a light cream color. We would like to paint it brown. The house is about 1450sq/ft. There is some added surface due to one side of the house being about 5 feet higher off of the ground then the other so

Interior painting with semi gloss.

August 23, 2009

I went to do touch up with semi gloss paint when I removed the tape (20 minutes later), the paint peeled right off along with the tape—a few spots are done to the drywall, any help would be great!!!! I’m thinking that I need to prime first, repaint with the

Windows are stained but are turned black with condensation.

August 23, 2009

My windows are all stained golden oak but are turned black with condensation, what can I do with them?

Need to clean squirrel dung from a concrete block wall.

August 23, 2009

I need to clean squirrel dung from a concrete block wall (interior) before I paint. I have tried pressure washing, greased lightning, Clorox and even pain thinner. Do you have a suggestion for removing this nasty stuff?

Storm windows and screens stick to each other when stored, what can we do about it?

August 23, 2009

We have several windows on our house and in the spring, we take off the storms and put on the screens. In the fall, we do just the opposite. While the storms and screens are not on the house and we have to store them, they sometimes get “stuck” together.

Stain is sticky on my cabinets.

August 23, 2009

I stained my kitchen cabinets by applying three coats. The last one I did not wipe off because I liked it dark. It has been two days and they remain very sticky. How do I fix it?