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  • Cleaning a Paint Brush

    First of all you need to consider what paint you are using. Whatever is needed to clean brushes and other painting tools like rollers, will be the same ingredient you will use if you need to dilute the paint prior to using it.

    • Preparing Wooden Subfloors

      There’s some debate about whether to use an underlayment prior to installing a hardwood floor. Rosin paper or the more preferred #15 roofing felt are the most common flooring underlayments.

    • How Colors Affect Your Mood

      The next time you're thinking about redecorating your house, advertising for an event, marketing a product, planning a meal, or buying a gift for a romantic partner, give strong thought to your color choices and how colors affect moods.

    • Interior Paint Color Combinations

      Because complementary color pairs tend to be very bright and loud, earthier versions of these colors are used in most in interior design. For example, a room that uses an orange and blue color scheme might be made up of mostly gray-blues, with copper accents. The walls of the room will be painted entirely in shades of gray blue, or the blue may be broken up by a single horizontal stripe of copper near the ceiling.

    • How to Paint an Exterior Door

      Whether you have a new exterior door to paint or are going to repaint an existing door, the techniques are basically the same. Repainting an old door requires some additional steps such as removing hardware, sanding and priming.

    • How to Paint over Wallpaper

      A potential problem when painting over wallpaper is covering the colors and patterns on the paper. If the wallpaper is a dark color, or there is a lot of pattern in its finish, then it will be likely to take multiple coats of paint to get rid of both color and pattern.

    • How to Match Paint Colors

      If you need to paint – or repaint – within an existing room, an obvious solution is to take a sample of something that is the color you want (even a chip of plaster will be do) to your store and ask for their help.
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