Old Flocked Wallpaper:What were we thinking in '73?  Just bought a home built in the 70's with bedroom wallpaper to take us back---Furry Wallpaper?

Question: Can I successfully paint over vinyl flocked ...

Sheetrocks top paper layer torn away  I am removing wallpaper to texture and paint where the old wallpaper was. I removed some old wallpaper yesterday and found that it was stuck directly ...

How do I make a template
for a Mural on my walls  I am painting my son's room in a baseball theme. I have found on the internet a mural of a baseball scoreboard that we both just love.

Unfortunately,...

How do I splatter paint concrete.  My name is Steve and I am a builder. I would like to get some accurate information on how to splatter paint my wife's office/reception area using a splatter ...

i am sooo frustrated!!!!  ok. so, here goes. my husband and i decided to remodel our cabinets from a 1989 house we recently bought. the cabinet guy who was highly recommended ...

How do I paint stained paneling  I rented a duplex to a couple who thought that the decorative masonite paneling in the 2 bedrooms was actually wallpaper ... but it was paneling that my ...

Elastomeric paint pealing on grout  I have a 20 year old brick home (brick and mortar in great shape) that I want to paint a cream or antique white color. My painter has said that elastomeric ...

How to fix mudded drywall
that has no tape  What I have is this. The contractor was run off, he didn't bother to tape. He just put globs of mud over the nails neglecting to skim it smooth.

I ...

mdf (fiberboard) back prime?  I am about to prime wainscoating made of MDF,is there any reason to backprime?

Is this a good process ?
The MDF is not installed.

1) prep and prime ...

Wallpaper glue on plaster  We have very rough painted walls in our home. In three rooms we had wallpaper on one wall in each room. We removed the wallpaper and painted. The one ...

Painting vinyl doors  I have an old house with 11 doors in a Mahogony color finish. It appears they are a vinyl coating of sorts.

How can I paint these things and the door ...

Tiny holes in drywall mud  I like your website and use it often for ideas and I am hoping you can help me with an issue I am having.

The basement was finished by the former owner ...

Sticking painted windows  I googled "how to paint windows without sticking" and found your website. I really enjoyed reading through it! I wasn't able to find what I was looking ...

MDF clapboard house exterior  I need to repaint my house I'm scraping then sanding the edges of the scraped areas, i have a sherwin willams paint that has primer in it and I am going ...

Should I have used setting compound  Hi,

Just found your site and read your guide on taping. I've done two drywall projects so far. The first time I used fibreglass tape with setting ...

Painting melamine MDF shelf  I bought a bathroom shelf at the local Menards. The finish is smooth and very bright white. Can I repaint the shelf (creamy cottage white color) without ...

Counter top fix.  I do not like my counter top in my kitchen. It was a poor job of installation by a previous owner. They are white the grout is horrible and they did ...

Painting over dark colors.  Im currently in the process of opening a nursery and a friend of mine had this great idea to paint one of the rooms like a rainbow and i hate it. its bands ...

Metal shelving  Hi,

Some genius bolted gray metal shelving units in a classroom that I now have to teach in. The storage is great but the shelves look out of place ...

OSB Board  Hi! Any suggestions on painting OSB inside SIP boards? I have a tall ceiling and want to paint them before they go on the roof. A friend did theirs ...

Venetian plaster stain.  Help! I am in a bit of doooo-it yourself hot water right now. I am
helping my mom re-do her house and doing some faux finishes for her.

I applied ...