Fresh paint (few days old) with oil stains.

We managed to have a cooking accident in the kitchen and oil splattered onto our freshly painted walls and ceilings. It has come off the walls but there are marks on the ceiling. I tried in one area to clean and paint started to come off the ceiling. Is there

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Peeling paint on plaster wall.

We are repainting a bedroom using a latex primer. The walls and ceiling have been lightly sanded prior to applying the primer. As the primer dries the paint underneath is separating from the wall below but appears to be bonded to the previous layer of paint. Neither layer of paint

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Painting floors white.

Hi, I’d like to paint my floorboards a gloss (high gloss preferably)white. I have already painted them once with a water base paving paint in a satin finish but wasn’t pleased with the shine of the finish. I really don’t want to use an oil based paint. Is it possible

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Staining Previously Painted Deck

The previous owners of my house apparently used a latex paint on the deck. The deck is about 600 sq feet, maybe 70 feet of railing, including stairs, and 6′ off the ground. The floor is badly weathered; portions of the railing are peeling but some of the trim is

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Distress look painting.

Hi, I am painting my wood kitchen cabinets. Wife wants them distressed. I will wash, sand, prime, and apply a bottom coat x2 of dark brown. This is the color she want to peek through. The top coat will be white or a cream. I will dilute the top coat.

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Art gallery wall.

I need a good color for a sunlit room that holds lots of traditional landscape art. Yellow whites seem strange under art and cold colors kill the sunlight. Any ideas?

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Old paint is too thin.

I have recently opened an unopened, old 5 gallon can of antique white paint. It is glue like and transparent after mixing and won’t cover at all. It is transparent. What happened? I guess I can’t use it. Confused.

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Small windowless bathroom.

Hi, I have a small windowless bathroom with a dark wood cabinet…I really like the Benjamin Moore Mediterranean Olive and was wondering if you think this would be too dark of a paint for the walls?

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