Keeping the details in front door.

I need to repaint my front door, but don’t want to add another coat of paint because I want to keep the ornate designs of the door. The only thing I can think of is removing the old layers of paint (3) and use a paint sprayer for a light

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Painting Exterior Stucco

We just had new stucco placed on an addition to house and have tried to put primer on with brush but the stucco is just too coarse for this method. Is spray painting my only option? Since the stucco is very coarse is “back brushing” still necessary because I don’t

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Painting over textured paint.

I just purchased a place for my son in the town he is attending college. I discovered that the walls in living room and master bedroom were painted with this textured paint, feels like it has sand in it and is a very very dark colors (plum). What do I

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Faux finishing a concrete wall.

I have waterproofed by basement walls that are concrete. I would like to put a faux finish on them. Do I need to do any more prep work and what material can I use? I really didn’t want to have to use concrete or cement. Do I need to add

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Front Door Color?

My brick is Salmon color, house is trimmed in clay color vinyl. I have painted the shutters black. I need an eye catching color for the front door.

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Wood Paneling

My father in law bought an older house that on top of the walls is dark wood paneling which he wants to leave and the bottom of the walls is block and they are white. What color can we paint the block walls to go with the paneling? He is

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Smooth Fiberglass Door – Stain over Paint Primer?

I am replacing both doors to my house. The front door/sidelite is wood-grain fiberglass (typical tan stain primed) and I have gel stain to do it. The back door is smooth fiberglass (mostly taken up by the glass in center). It automatically comes white primed for acrylic latex paint. Can

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Paint over laminate paneling.

I have laminated wood-look paneling in my family room. I couldn’t afford to replace it, so I had it painted. It looked great at first; but it’s clear now that my painter did not use a proper primer or didn’t prepare the surface properly because the paint has chipped off

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