Ray – The Practical House Painting Guide

Reflective Glass Painting Technique

April 13, 2014

Reflective glass chips exterior paint, 1950s style art deco. Looking for link on how to recreate that and where to purchase chips?

Interior Wall Painting

August 22, 2012

We painted our living room hallway walls with semi-gloss paint. After completion, we didn’t like the color. Looked nothing like the chart showed it would be. I’ve been told that to repaint, we have to sand off the paint, otherwise the new paint won’t stick. Is this true – or

Primer as a final coat?

July 10, 2012

I primed my bathroom ceiling and it looks just fine. Is there any problem with just stopping there?

Stop water coming into a latex painted concrete block wall.

September 23, 2011

We have a new concrete block wall that was built to seal off an entrance to the building. Without doing some homework, it was painted with a regular exterior water based semi-gloss paint. Now we are having problems with the water seeping through the wall once in a while when

Air bubbles in industrial enamel.

June 8, 2011

I’m currently working with Sherwin Williams industrial enamel alkyd on exterior wood, that has been previously painted with an exterior alkyd enamel. I’m getting air bubbles in my finish. I tried thinning it, still getting air bubbles, I tried adding jap drier and thinning it, and I’m still getting some