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Yes, we can paint pressure-treated wood — in due time
It’s almost spring, which means backyard cookouts, grills, parties, swimming, games, and more are almost here. It’s also a great time to install new fences and decks since the ground is relatively soft compared to the dry, hard summers. Whether you’re getting a new wood surface installed somewhere this season, or had one last season,…
How Can I Tell if My Wall Paint is Oil or Latex, and Does it Matter?
Live a while and you’ll discover opposites often attract, but that doesn’t make them attractive. Like when your kid mixed the sugar and salt in those birthday pancakes. Or that time your high school crush mixed up the shampoo and hair coloring. The same goes for your walls. Water and oil-based paints mix about as…
3 Steps to Choosing The Best Home Interior Paint Colors
Starting a new interior design project can be both exciting and daunting. Choosing paint colors is time-consuming, challenging depending on your decor and window treatments, and feels uncomfortably “permanent”. These tips can help you quickly create color combinations using three basic design principles. Additionally, we’ve added three useful tips for your brainstorming process. Choose the…
Ask Woodiwiss: how do I evaluate a paint job? How do I know my painter did a good job?
We sometimes pick up the pieces of a bad paint job. Here’s how to tell if your project was worth it. Like any craft, a paint job can be done with care that goes beyond merely brushing liquid against a wall. A contractor’s experience, their work crew, the warranty and promise from the sales agent,…
Here’s when it’s best to replace, reface, or repaint my kitchen cabinets
Things to know about painting cabinets and kitchen renovation: If your kitchen is small, repainting the walls may not be enough change since kitchen cabinets and tiles often take up a large amount of wall space. Painting “refreshes” the look of your kitchen cabinets, while refacing cabinets gives them a new look through new knobs,…
Do I really need to remove wallpaper? Can’t I just paint over it?
We walked into the house and encountered a scene straight out of 1965. ✅ Floral print in the kitchen. ✅ Floral print in the bedroom. ✅ Floral print in the bathroom. Floral print was in virtually every room, bumping up against the edges of old carpet and windows that undoubtedly featured floral print curtains at…
Ask Woodiwiss: Can ceiling paint hide cracks?
Things to know about using ceiling paint for repairs You can use ceiling paint to hide cracks and imperfections caused by cracked ceiling paint or a structural issue — assuming the issue is repaired. You can use ceiling paint on small wall cracks, but it may appear flat. Ceiling paint is thicker than most paint…
How can I paint a room for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease?
Dementia patients suffer a loss of cognitive abilities and memory. Alzheimer’s disease also induces memory loss and as both progress, memory care patients are at risk of confusing objects for things they’re not, wandering away, loss of spatial awareness, and all the other trappings that come from the loss of cognitive functions. So when adult…
What rust, bubbling paint, and popping nails mean for this winter
Those of us here in the East Bay are lucky (or not, depending on your view of snow) that we don’t have a harsh winter. Like much of California and the southern U.S. we get a little rain, some cold but not freezing weather, and then it’s back to spring sunshine. But winter still poses…
Ask Woodiwiss: Can (or should) I paint vinyl siding?
Insurance, warranties, age — and skill — are deciding factors in whether or not you should paint vinyl siding We talk a lot on this site about how to DIY all sorts of interior and exterior paint projects. But for once, we’re going to suggest you leave painting vinyl siding to professional painters. To properly paint…