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Your home’s interior and exterior painting tells a story about your style, taste and the extent to which you value your surroundings. The colors, paint types, styles, and trim treatments are all important elements of your home’s appearance and value. Our expert tips and articles will provide great ideas ...
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Q: I would like to know the best way to remove mold from the exterior of my vinyl siding house?

A: The best way to remove mold or mildew and prevent it from coming back is to power wash your home and scrub the surface with a mixture of TSP, dish soap, and bleach. Use 4 cups of bleach per gallon of water. After scrubbing the siding of your home rinse the surface well to remove any residue.



Q: Can I apply latex base paint over an oil base paint?

A: The answer is no you can’t not without the proper preparation and complete primer. Think of it this way most oil paints have a thick glossy surface like your car, do you think latex paint will adhere to your car? Latex paint will not stick to a smooth, thick, glossy surface. Therefore the entire surface will need to be washed, sanded, and in most cases completely primed with a high quality interior or exterior primer depending on your project scope.Now on the other hand latex paints usually are duller than oil base paints, and oil base paints will stick to just about any surface. Yes you can apply oil base paint over top of latex paint.



Q: I would like to know if I could paint right over top of my existing wallpaper without the hassle of striping the wallpaper? I’m not sure if the walls where properly prepared and I’m afraid that I will damage the walls if I attempt the wallpaper removal.

A: Yes you can! First repair any seems that are lose by cutting them back, priming all the walls with an order-less oil base primer, plastering the seams where needed, and caulking along the top of the ceiling where needed.



Q: Hello I just bought a home in Cleveland Heights I would like to paint my walls and trim could you please tell me the best interior wall and trim paint to use.

A: Generally we use flat paint for ceilings, satin paint for walls, and semi gloss or satin (oil- or latex) for trim. Sherwin Williams makes a really nice wall paint called Promar 200 Satin. It has a low sheen so it looks nice and hides imperfections well, but still washes up decent. The Pro Classics Oil Satin is really nice for trim.


Q: Nice, informative article on www.buildings.com One question, what pain should be used (or not used) If routine touch-up is expected?

A: For an area that may have routine touch up I recommend lighter colors... dark color don't touch up well... As far as the sheen level flat paints touch up the easiest.... also eggshell or satin paints do touch up ok but require more skill and technique from a professional painter if your looking for quality results.



Q: Thank you the article about painting products and preparation. A question, if you don't mind. I act as owners rep for construction projects, and am finding painting contractors telling me that their costs for applying eggshell vs. flat paint are more than the difference in coverage and cost of paint. They are saying that necessary wall prep and paint touch up cost much more for eggshell.
Does this make any sense to you?

A: I would have to say that's true... shouldn't be to much extra though maybe 0.10 more per square foot

 

 

 
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