Ken – The Practical House Painting Guide

Flaking Ceiling Paint

January 22, 2011

Ceiling is flaking in different areas. What to do?

How can you tell if the exterior stain is oil or acrylic? Unable to get oil due to going green. Can an acrylic stain be applied over an oil stain? If not what must be done in order to use an acrylic over oil?

Cut in line darker than rest of the walls.

March 21, 2010

I did my cut in’s on top of the walls and after I painted the rest of the walls with a roller, waited for 4 hrs and cut in and painted the walls again for a second coat, and after about 6-7hrs later the cut in areas look darker than

How do I fix drywall edge around floor finish trim?

March 19, 2010

The finish trim on our exterior entry doesn’t cover the interior sheet rock edge which is crumbling. Because of the way the house was built I’m not able to use a wider finish trim without going into a major rework. Can I use corner bead, mud it, then reuse the