February 17, 2010 – The Practical House Painting Guide

Damage to fiberglass door.

February 17, 2010

I stained a front door and 2 sidelights, waited 3.5 days, applied a coat of Zar polyurethane, waited 24 hours applied another coat of poly, waited 36 hours, masked sidelights with blue 3M tape to paint jamb. After 1 hour, pulled tape off and entire finish came off down to

Mixing Cans of Paint

February 17, 2010

A nonprofit whose budget is tight wonders if it would be possible to take donations of partial cans of white paint, mix them all together to come up with four or five gallons of paint and then use it. Issues of course are: 1. Mixing of latex/oil – which I

Painting when the temperature goes down below freezing at night.

February 17, 2010

Can you paint the outside of your house if the temperatures at night & most of the day is below freezing. My painter is trying to get me to let him paint the house, but I think it is too cold in north Ga. right now. It has been very