Interior Painting Questions

Interior Painting Questions

Interior painting questions pertaining to the preparation and painting of interior surfaces. This list can be very long indeed. Like spots that bleed through your paint, should I paint or stain, peeling paint or how many coats do I need. If it has to do with actually painting something inside your home, ask your question here.

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Sub-Categories

• Painting Walls and Ceilings - Questions about painting walls and ceilings and the many challenges they pose.
• Interior Trim, Windows and Doors - Questions and answers about the preparation and painting of interior trim (base, casing or windows) and doors.
• Painting Interior Brick and Tile - Questions about painting brick and tiled surfaces and having a durable good looking paint job.
• Paint Roller Marks and Thick Paint - Have you ended up with paint roller marks? These questions deal with this problem and how to best get rid of them.
• Spots and Patches - Questions about spots and patches on newly painted walls and ceilings that won't go away.
• Peeling and Cracking Paint - Questions about peeling and/or cracking paint on walls and ceilings. This can be about old paint that has started peeling or new paint that is showing signs of failure.

Questions with Answers

• Cleaning solution for washing wall. - Painting living room walls and need to clean before. Mild soap and water, what is used as mild soap and solution mixture? Thanks
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• Wall Painting - How many years should I wait to paint my walls?
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• Order of painting - I am going to paint both ceiling and walls, which one do I do first?
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• How Do I Paint Metal Clothes Rods? - I want to repaint the clothes rod in my closet. It is metal and I don't know what paint would work best? I know the hangers will scrape against it, is there a paint that can hold up to that abuse? What are the steps for preparing the rods?
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• Interior Brick - Does interior brick have to be painted?
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• Painting plumbing pipes. - Can plastic plumbing pipes be painted. To avoid building a wall in a new basement bathroom, I would like to paint the water lines and vent pipe that run down to the sink and apply a faux finish.
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• Painting cold walls. - What temp should the walls be before painting interior rooms? House right now is at 50 degrees.
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• Painting around the water heater. - When painting a garage, is it safe to paint around the water heater? Using water base paint.
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• New house re-paint - How many coats to repaint the interior? I just bought a new house but I want to paint different colors. It is currently white. Should it be 3 coats or 2 coats or how many coats?
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• Re-deco a 1970 house - I have stripped wallpaper from a interior window wall. Removed all wall plugs and filled in cracks and holes with poly filler. Finally sanded full wall down. Next step is to paint wall. Do I need to seal wall with Polybond or primer or will a bas...
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• Staining a painted wall? - I just bought a house and it has wood grain paneling, that is painted white? Can you stain a painted wall? Or do you have any suggestions.
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• How many coats for plaster? - We are building our home and have just finished plastering. How many coats of primer and top coat are required for raw plaster?
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• What can I use to fill in textured drywall before painting to blue painters tape? - I have textured walls that I would like to paint sections of. In the past, the darker color would run under the depressions in the wall under the blue painters tape. I have heard that I can apply a clear substance before along the painters tape ...
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• Painting lines on a new popcorn like wall? - I have a home that was built in 2006 and now days they are using the popcorn style wall, that is what I call it. I just recently painted my newest daughter's room pink with brown horizontal lines. With this style of wall even using tape I still h...
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• Added detail to already painted cinder block walls. - I am wanting to a paint a mural on an already finished cinder block office wall. I am needing to know what would be the best paint to use. To offer the best durability and finish.
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• Difference In Paint - My question is, I was using a semi-gloss enamel paint and ran out. Could I use another paint that is the same color but is not the enamel it is still semi-gloss to finish the job?
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• Painting First or Tile First - I am doing a remodel that needs painting throughout, I am also doing some tile work. Should I tile and then paint or paint and then do the tile work? It will be flooring and back splash areas and bathrooms.
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• Painting a new build and I have never painted before. - I am painting my home for the first time, as when I moved in two years ago it was a new build. The whole house is painted in a horrid creamily color and now I am starting to make my house look like a home, as I am a single parent of three girls ag...
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• Semi gloss paint walls... - We picked a color called " gold metallic paint" from Lowe's that had to be painted in two stages. First layer was a Semi-gloss yellow paint which had to be applied several times due to wrong primer color...!! The last paint is a metallic paint whi...
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• Painting over sharpie,,,,Lost cause? - Ok, so we have been renting this house for about three years and have a 3 year old and an 20 month old. We are moving and need to paint, but the problem is after three years and two toddlers the walls are in need of some serious love, there is a ...
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• Painting Over Markings on a Wall - Okay, so when I was 12 me and my friends thought it would be a great idea to have some fun with some sharpies on my painted walls. I'm sick and tired of looking at the ginormous cartoon dinosaur over and over again each morning. I know we have the...
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• Painting over smoke damaged walls. - I recently had an electrical fire in my co-op apartment. The bedroom was a total loss, and the other rooms suffered various amounts of smoke damage. I understand that the walls have to be scrubbed down, and sealed to cut down on the smoke smell. I...
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• How do I paint a brick fireplace? - I want to paint my brick fireplace. How do I do this?
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• Will a flat ceiling latex cover the over-spray of a trim latex semi-gloss? - I want to spray the trim with latex semi-gloss then come back and roll the walls with latex satin and roll the ceilings with a flat. Will this work? Will the sheens be affected by laying a lower sheen on a higher sheen?
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• Painting Over Semi Gloss Latex - Our kitchen was first painted with flat paint and then my wife spruced it up by using a feather duster to put a pattern on the walls. When we decided to repaint, we used a Semi-gloss latex and you can see every feather duster pattern. What do I do...
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