Spots and Patches

Spots and Patches

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• Paper backing from wallpaper. - I can see patches of wallpaper backing on walls after they were primed. Is there anything that can be done now? It was not noticeable until primer was put on - now walls look bad.
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• Painted Ceiling Problem - Kitchen ceiling was painted about 12 years ago with semi gloss paint. In the past 2 years I noticed areas where paint looks like it has been shrink wrapped and more so recently. What is the problem and how do I correct it before painting again? I...
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• Marks on Walls - I bought a fairly light colored paint (Dillweed) and did not prime first. Now after it has dried, we can see some big areas on the wall where the kids had at one time drew on the wall. Is there any way of covering it up so that marks don't show ...
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• Patches Showing - I recently had my ceiling patched in spots and sanded. I just applied a coat of Kilz 2 primer to the entire ceiling. You can still see each and every patch. What can I do to get rid of them? Do I need another coat of primer on the whole ceiling? S...
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• Patches - I have filled the walls and sanded them, have put 2 coats of paint on the walls and still the patches show through. Why is this?
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• Painted Drywall Not Primed - I painted the drywall and did not prime. Can see all the spots that have been sanded. Can I go ahead and put the second coat of paint on? Will that help, or do I need to start over and prime?
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• Fresh paint (few days old) with oil stains. - We managed to have a cooking accident in the kitchen and oil splattered onto our freshly painted walls and ceilings. It has come off the walls but there are marks on the ceiling. I tried in one area to clean and paint started to come off the cei...
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• Shiny spots on stone wall. - After painting my stone wall, I have some shiny spots. Is there any way to remedy this situation?
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• Cut-in paint not blending. - With the same color of eggshell paint from the same gallon, the cut-in area done by brush is lighter than the wall area done by roller. What can we do to remedy that? It really pronounces the areas close to ceiling and baseboard.
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• Touching up rolled surface with a brush. - When I touched up a rolled surface with a brush you can tell where the touch up was done. This is on a newly painted wall and the brushed area shows up shinier than the brushed area. How can I stop this from happening again. Also how can I fix the...
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• Marks showing through after painting. - My daughter wanted her nursery painted and couldn't decide on a color. Her and her husband painted 3 1-foot squared on the wall of 3 different shades of pink. She chose the middle shade (not the darkest or lightest) which was a light pink. She...
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• Spackled spots still showing. - I spackled and sanded the damaged areas on drywall. I cleaned the walls and used Behr Eggshell paint & primer (in one). Now I can see the walls are uneven. Should I sand again and repaint? If so what grade of sand paper to use? I want to do it my...
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• Spots on Wall From Touch-up Paint - I recently did touch ups on a wall with the same paint that was used to paint the wall but now see everywhere were I did the touch-ups. The previous paint has obviously faded on the walls. Is there anything I can do to make it blend better? The...
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• Wall Paint Problem - Need advice here.. Painted my wall to dark grey and after a month or so, some light grey patches appeared on the surface. Doesn't look like chalking as I don't see residue on my hand when I touched it.
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• Walls turned pink after touch up. - We painted a white Linen color to touch up holes that were filled with drywall mud and the area turned pink even after it was dry, why?
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• Patching Nail Holes/Still Seeing Imperfections After Painting - What can I do to stop seeing where I patched after I sanded and painted? Still see the imperfections. What can I do?
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• Kilz - Interior Acrylic - I did some patch work on our bedroom walls prior to painting; then used Kilz interior acrylic (not oil based) to prime those spots. I didn't read the fine print good enough....and I have now painted two coats of paint (with primer) on walls, and ...
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• Patches still showing. - Just put up dry wall,put on two coats of Kilz primer and spackled and sanded some problems. Then put on two coats of satin finish paint and you can see all the places I sanded. How can I fix this? Should I put on a textured paint to hide where I s...
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• Primer Spots - Recently redid the walls and painted the drywall popped nails that had to be repaired. Now there are primer spots where the drywall was repaired. Is it okay to just repaint in the same color, or do I need to completely prime again?
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• Satin finish on new drywall. - We hung new drywall and painted a satin paint on the walls. It left shiny spots, what should I do?
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• Ceiling has patches that look chalky. - I'm a first time painter and do not like the way the ceiling turned out. I first used a flat white ceiling paint but didn't think it looked uniform. I opted for a second coat of super white eggshell. The ceiling now has patches that look chal...
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• Spots in Paint That Look Wet - I bought a house and am in the process of painting it. The living/dining room was painted white and I painted it a Camel color. Two days after painting, small spots are starting to pop up. The spots look like someone sprinkled the wall with water....
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• How do I stop stud and screw marks from bleeding through my paint? - I have painted my kitchen walls and ceiling several times and after a couple of years I start to see the studs and sheetrock screws bleeding through the paint. I have used Kilz on the ceiling but it still bleeds through over time. This is an old h...
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• Ceiling Painting - As I had previously made a mistake by painting the ceiling with an oil base paint, then I painted the rest with normal latex paint. Over a length of time the oil base started to form into blobs. I had to remove by sanding and then repaint the ceil...
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• How to avoid brown patches over newly painted wood panelling? - I designed a remodel of an arts and crafts bungalow in southern California. The type of paint was not specified. There was new wood paneling to match the existing. The new wood panels were painted white to match existing. After about a month...
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