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I am renovating my bathroom. I had some drywall exposed around the sink so I patched and painted it with the satin paint I used on the rest of the bathroom. Now I want to use these peel and stick tiles as a backsplash. The tiles say that the paint needs to cure for three weeks before tile...

Hi! I hope it's ok to post here, I am not a painter but a homeowner. I have hired a professional painter to paint our house & wanted some advice from other professional painters. To be clear, I did not hire this painter myself. I hired a contractor to do some soffit & facia work, and the...

I have had less than desirable results using Sherwin Williams Multi-Purpose Oil Primer to prime previously varnished kitchen cabinets. For what I wanted, this seemed to be the best choice at SWP. The primer went on bad (kinda sticky), did not level at all and even worse did not sand well. The...

I am with the opinion that some, not all, of the factory prime coats that come on a pre-primed wood/mdf these days actually starts to melt when you try and brush the initial coat. I have noticed this for some time. It makes brushing the first coat really difficult and I don't care how much I cut...

About 4 years ago I painted a small concrete floor (15x15) I used SW Tread-Plex floor paint after etching with muriatic acid. The area is usually a comfortable temperature, and is not driven on. It has not held up. It has cracked when I dropped a wrench on it, and then in some areas I just...