January 23, 2012 – The Practical House Painting Guide

Dark Touch Up Spots

January 23, 2012

I have a small wall in a hallway that was painted one year ago with an interior acrylic latex flat enamel paint. I used the same can that the contractor left me to cover a few scuffs and scratches. I used a roller and mixed the paint well. The areas

I sanded, Kilzed and painted 2 coats my cabinets and they keep scratching.

January 23, 2012

Hello, we had a house fire so we had to refinish our built in wall cabinet. We completely sanded it down & over a 2 week period applied 2 coats of Kilz & 3 coats of latex satin finish Olympic paint from Lowes. We let it dry a few days

Doors Painting

January 23, 2012

If I hire a painter to prime and paint the doors, because the old paint was peeling, is it included to paint the door and the wood trim around the door? The painter I hired just painted the door without painting the trim around it. Now I have all the

Painting a Bedroom

January 23, 2012

We live near a lake and are painting one of the bedrooms and the paint and primer won’t dry. It is January and it was necessary to do it now. The windows are wet and there are spots on the ceiling of the outside wall that are darker because the