December 5, 2011 – The Practical House Painting Guide

Paint Bubbled

December 5, 2011

I took dry wallpaper off above our bathroom. I removed the adhesive, cleaned the walls, tape, mudded, sanded, cleaned the walls again, waited several weeks and painted the walls/ceiling with oil based Kilz. No problem. Two days later I painted with Zinsser Perma White and now it has tiny craters

Would like to lighten my great room ceiling with a white stain.

December 5, 2011

Our house is 25 years old and the ceiling was varnished over natural pine. Would like to use a 1 to 1 white paint to water solution to lighten. Do I have to sand off or has it been long enough that finished has worn off enough?

Re-painting kitchen cabinets.

December 5, 2011

I need to re-paint my kitchen cabinets. The paint on them now is oil based. What do I use, without having to sand them?

Stop marks appearing on newly painted walls.

December 5, 2011

I have just spent the last month painting a seven bedroom house before moving in. I have used a Dulux paint with a soft truffle & mellow Mocha matt finish. Once painted it looked great until the family moved in! Now every slight touch of the wall it marks whether

Dry looking areas after painting?

December 5, 2011

I have painted my dining room wall at least 6 times and when dry it does not look uniform. Large dry looking patches. I used Pittsburgh semi gloss paint. What causes this? I did notice the wall seems kind of wavy when painting.