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First front door of the season! I do a lot of these fiberglass doors. Products used are Old Masters Gel Stain in Rich Mahogany with 2 coats Helmsman Spar Varnish poly in satin. First pic is post-scuff sand. Second pic is post staining (same day). Last pic is everything completed and dried over the weekend. Sorry for the low light on that one.

Here’s a quick run-down of the process. This is easy money if you nail it. Only downside is 4 separate trips to the job site, and the last day is only like 2 minutes of work (re-install weather stripping). Oh, and re-installing door hardware every day before you leave.

- mask, remove hardware and weather strip

- scuff sand with med grit block, wipe with denatured

- apply gel stain with “grain” and begin to feather-out long strokes as your brush dries. Leave to dry overnight.

- apply one coat poly with grain next day. Leave to dry overnight

- extremely light buff with dull sanding block to knock any fuzz or dust off poly. Wipe with denatured.

- final coat poly. Leave to dry.

- come back for that damn weather stripping. Take pics. Secure bag.

Used an Avanti Airless sprayer to do our ceilings and struggled with the learning curve a bit. The pump couldn’t keep up with the pressure needed to avoid some lines, so I had to pause more to avoid them.

After two coats of flat Behr Marquee, alternating directions and backtolling everything using a 517 tip, we have some pretty rough lap lines.

Will rolling a third coat on the whole ceiling fix this? Advice on how to improve spraying is welcome, too although I feel limited by the equipment I have.

Edit: changed backfilling to backrolling, which I did for both coats

I'm redoing my 50/60 year old bathroom and have removed the failing wallpaper (age and mold). The ancient wallpaper peeled off fairly easily, however a dried, adhesive layer was left behind. I used hot water, Dawn, sponge, and 6" knife to try to remove the adhesive, but it isn't working all that well and is unfortunately removing drywall paper too. Looking at it, it seems that the wallpaper was laid over textured, sanded, and painted drywall. The internet advice I read is all over the map.

Pictures are of the right and left sides of one corner.

What can I do to prepare the wall to be painted?

hey guys

if i wanted to go from my current wall to the grey on the next photo, how would i go about it?

would i be safe just buying that grey color and painting over the blue? or will i need some sort of primer? and if so what primer would i need to use?

thank you!!

Repainted the walls and now I need to fix the new paint lines where the walls meet the ceiling cause the paint bled through the tape but the ceiling paint is old and if i go over it with new stuff it’s gonna be noticeable. Any advice on best way to fix it?

I am trying to help my friend who is in the hospital for mental health reasons. They neglected a lot in their life and I was hoping to be able to help. They had the bathroom professionally redone about 7 years ago. I don’t know anything about what paint they used and I know nothing about paint. There used to be a water leak that caused hot water to run continuously in this bathroom. That has been fixed. Can I do this or do I need to hire someone?

we're working on a mural that's was painted two years ago. there's this oil like substance that's on top of it making the paint peel. we also think they didnt prime it first. do yall have any ideas as to what's happening and if we should paint after removing everything or just using vinyl for the brick? we're removing it with Dumond and its working wonders. Just need to know what the right next step would be.

Painted the whole wall, parts of it looks good but parts of it looks patchy. When I was painting I made sure every part is covered but now that it has dried it looks patchy. Is it because i used too little paint, or is it because i need to do more layers.

Primer, scrap, 45 min mud with plaster all around the cracks surface (with mesh or paper tape), two coat of all purpose, primer and paint with a satin paint ?

looking to replace this part, anyone one know what the part number is? I've looked at the schematics and can not locate it for some reason.

Its the threaded inlet that connects the hopper to the pump assembly.

thanks in advance

I bought this old home a few years ago. It had recently been renovated and I could tell corners were cut in a bunch of spots, but worth not having to gut another older home. The painting throughout was awful, especially where new drywall was not placed. Kept putting off DIY painting cause I hate it, until some of the ceiling paint started to crack and peel and my GF would give me a hard time.

As you will see right away, water stains. The house had an old ass 2x6 wood roof with new shingles. No water membrane or any of the fun stuff that keeps you dry. After a few leaks from a pesky raccoon I got fed up and put a new roof on the house. Water problem solved.

So now I'm here: start peeling off the paint to find more and more water damage, crazy thin paint layers, super thick, joint compound, mesh tape in areas I cant seem to see any problem....

Does this look like it's a DIY job. As mentioned, I do not like painting, but I am quite handy and take prep seriously. I don't want to spend hours sanding, prepping, and painting when it's seriously F'ed enough for a pro to handle.

Appreciate any insight!

These stairs in this house I'm renting are in bad shape — the runner is ripping and the paint is chipping/scratched up — and my landlord is giving me the runaround about fixing them, so I think I'm just going to paint them myself next week/weekend. The stringers are really rough though. I can sand them down by hand, but in the groove at the top where the paint is beading/cracked, what would you pros say? Apply caulk? Any other good tips for the rest of this project?

My plan is to remove the runner, sand everything down a bit, then just paint the full staircase white and get runner pads like these. Aiming to keep things as easy and quick as possible which is why I'm not opting for a color on the treads.

Recently found this pattern in my main bathroom on the ceiling. Is this water damage pattern?

This is second story so above it is the attic.

There is currently rain but this is the only spot on the ceiling I am suspecting.

It does feel dry (probably not discolored? And the paint is rigid, not softy) but I used a moisture meter with ‘dry wall’ mode and it is ~15% and it is higher than the surrounding which is 8-10%.

Thanks.