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I have a painting that I did years and years ago. I want to paint over it, but I do not remember if I used oil or acrylic. I am wanting to use oil. I know that you can use oil over acrylic. But it could be oil. SHould I go ahead and start painting away? |
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Yikes - I used the brown paper painter's tape to mask off the sponged ceiling i completed a week ago. When I pulled the tape off, it pulled the paint off with it. Now i have peeling paint all along the perimeter of the room. Help! I've sanded each section as best I can. Do I have to spackle to fill the holes and then prime and redo all? What did I do wrong? The paint was days old dry and I had sanded and primed all before begini...... read more |
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I am finishing my basement and I'd like to do a color gradient on the walls. Darker at the floor, light at the ceiling. Either 3 or 5 shades. What's the best way to do this? Thanks in advance! Lisa |
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Help! I've just repainted my bathroom a tan-medium brown color. I used 3 coats of the paint and I can still see the imperfections underneath (obviously we didn't sand the seams, nail holes etc. good enough.) I just can't bear the thought of completely sanding and re-painting again, so I was hoping there was something (a technique) you could suggest I use that would cover or hide these imperfections. I'm not familiar with glazing, co...... read more |
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564 messages found with I wish I had found this site sooner, before I tried to tone down my too-yellow paint by adding white. I doubled the amount of white, but it still didn't work; I now see I should have added the yellow to the white. However, now that I've made that mistake, what can I do, other than continuing to add white, to tone down the yellow? I read to add violet, the complementary color. Would that work? Is yellow a particul...... read more |
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Hi everyone, I'm new at plastering. Very simply, what is the correct method of crosshatching in connection to venetian plastering? Thank you. Tom |
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Would like to stain our kitchen cupboards a deep cherry (currently a honey color). It appears that some of the clear finish is still in place, what do we need to do to prepare the cupboards, light sanding, a chemical wash? |
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Hello I am trying to paint a wall with the denim look I was able to do the first strip the way I liked it but when I painted the next strip I could not get the look to blend in. You could tell where I started and stopped any in put would be great. Jan |
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Stripping brushed nickel drawer pulls. I have brushed nickel engraved drawer pulls that have a black background. I have stripped the black from them. Beaten then with metal objects to give them a distressed look and then used a metal bursh on my dremmel to polish up the distress marks. I now want to create a copper antiqued look. I have already done this on one by applying some copper leaf paint and then vigourisly rubbing it off again....... read more |
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I am remodeling the bathroom. Can I paint the chair rail, window trim and door trim and leave the door stained? Will this look alright? I would leave the closet door stained as well and only paint the trim. |
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can I stretch a canvas that has alrady been painted with acrylics on a wall as a mural instead of stretching the canvas first and then painting it? |
