Painting Walls and Ceilings

Painting Walls and Ceilings

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• How many coats of paint can sheet rock handle? - How many coats of paint can sheet rock handle before you need to replace the sheet rock and start over? Our house is 55 years old. All the walls, ceilings & trim have had many coats of paint over the years, with primer only being used in the last ...
• Peeling Paint - I'm putting a second coat of paint on the walls and it started to peel or gum up why would that happen and how can I fix it?

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• Ceiling Paint - Why should I use a ceiling paint after using a primer? Can it be left "as is" without consequences? Thanks
• Black areas at studs and nails. - We bought a spec house. After about 2 years, there are black areas on the walls and ceilings at nails and stud/rafter boards. It is not mold. We painted and the black is coming through again. Any idea of a fix, rather than using painting as ba...
• How do I cover a bright colour with white paint? - I'm painting a living room from red to white. I have already painted the area three times and will need to paint it another couple of times. How can I avoid having to do this again?
• Removal of Paint, Primer and Adhesive - Someone I know removed wallpaper and did not remove the adhesive. They primed and painted over it. Now ... I'm trying to remove it all, and used a paint remover to start. Well, after scraping for several days, the surface is visible in some pla...
• Top paint for sponge painting. - Can I use 3 different color top paints on my wall?
• Primer Prep - I'm not a big painter so after reading up on it a bit, I took the following advice: "Paint into all the corners with a 2-inch or 3-inch paintbrush. Use the same brush to outline where the ceiling meets the wall (and vice versa), around doors a...
• Painting over misc. tag work? - How would we paint over black & red colored sharpie markers, black spray paint and black paint? My brother destroyed a room we would like to paint and use as a nursery. My husband used about 4 cans of Kilz primer. But the tagging just keeps leakin...
• Accent wall corner. - How do you get dividing line straight when painting the corner where two colors meet?
• Sealing interior basement masonry. - I live in an older home that I want to seal the masonry in order to do some finish work in the basement and keep water out. The walls have been painted by previous owners with latex paint--- is there a special way to handle this in order to do an...
• Uneven colors after 2 coats. - I've recently tried to paint my bathroom with a very bright color. I used 2 coats of paint and yet the result was an uneven tone, some parts of the painted wall are darker than the others. How do I fix this problem ? I did use a white primer befor...
• Painting wall edge by acoustic ceiling? - How do I have a nice edge painting a wall by acoustic ceiling, white ceiling and dark blue wall..?
• Walls or baseboards first? - Do I paint the walls or baseboards first? What type of paint do I use on baseboards?
• Water bubbling under interior paint in doorway. - We had some water get in under some paint/drywall from the roof leak, in an interior doorway. We poked pin holes in the paint bubbles to release the water and peeled off the portions of "stretched out looking paint" so the drywall could dry (small...
• Waterproofing a basement - I have a 1200 square foot basement, that needs some masonry/foundation/nip and tuck work...after it is done I wish to waterproof it. The basement was painted about 20 years ago, still looks good, it is yellow (no clue what type of paint). The foun...
• Dried paint drips and runs. - I painted a room in my house with one coat, but as the paint dried it ran down the wall. How do I fix it?
• Priming a wall. - Do you ever need to put 2 coats of primer on?
• Painting over Cranberry - I am repainting my sons room. The top half is a lighter brown and the bottom is a cranberry. Our new color is very dark brown....is there any problem with just painting over the cranberry right away or do I need to prime the cranberry first?
• Ceiling white paint as a primer. - Can you use a ceiling white paint as a primer for the walls?
• Sanding walls after priming. - I'm unclear about this. Do I sand the walls after priming them? Do I have to? What grit # would I use?
• Flat over semi gloss? - If flat finish paint is used over semigloss, will it stay or will it run and peal off? I have semi gloss in my living room and every time the couch touches the wall the paint sticks to it. The paint has been dry/on the wall for two years. So I w...
• Choice of paint for a walk-in closet. - We are about to re-do our walk-in closet, and it makes sense to re-paint it first. Is flat paint or satin the best recommended choice, and why? Thanks
• Painting eggshell paint over semi gloss. - Can you paint an eggshell paint finish over a semi gloss finish and not have any trouble with it adhering?
• Wrong paint on bedroon ceiling. - We painted our bedroom ceiling with the bathroom ceiling paint. Our bedroom started to get damp (water drops coming from the ceiling). How can we stop this? If we paint the ceiling with the proper paint will it be OK or should we remove this pa...
• Ceiling Painting Problems - I didn't follow any of the rules of ceiling painting and now have a mess after paying almost $500 to have the knock down texture blown on the ceiling. I have roller lines and it seems to have picked up the squares of the 2X6 beams also so I have ...
• Staining a painted interior wall. - A new house had the interior walls stained in a oil based stain. I think the stain was applied then rubbed off. It was a nice finish can you tell me how it was done?

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