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Old Cabinets, New Color How to transform your kitchen cabinets with a paintbrush instead of a sprayer. |
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John Kelsey |
Speed Demons Nothing is faster than a roller or a pad for getting paint out of the tray and onto the wall. Made from absorbent fabric or foam, rollers and pads hold more liquid than brushes and distribute it more evenly, and sometimes more neatly, than their bristled counterparts. How to choose and use them |
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Keith Pandolfi |
5 Things We Hate About Painting This intuitive line of tools makes painting bearable. |
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Why Is My Paint Peeling? Bad paint jobs can happen to good people with old houses -- even when they listen faithfully to everything the paint salesman tells them. The reason is a surprising revelation about the compatibility of oil and latex paints. |
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Quick Painting Tips From the Experts The pros know it's often the simplest household item that can make an existing tool work better -- or substitute in a pinch for a more expensive piece of equipment you might only use once in a lifetime. |
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Paint Proud There are techniques to use for a lasting exterior paint job. Most of them have nothing to do with a brush. |
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Painting the town green As new environmental legislation alters the allowed constituents of paint and varnishes, Sarah Houlton reports on how paint manufacturers are tweaking the contents of their tins |
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September 3, 2008
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15 MacGyver Tricks to Rethink Razor Blades Around the House The disposable razor blade can do more than just tame your five-o'clock shadow. From painting to cooking, here's how to creatively reinterpret single-edge blades enough times to make them a must-have in any toolbox. |
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Painter IX There's a lot to like in Painter IX. Corel is doing an excellent job with the program's interface, and the new features are well conceived and well executed. |
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Stripping Painted Furniture Sometimes ugly is only skin deep. Getting under those layers of old paint might reveal a valuable piece of furniture. |
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Baring All Used with care, chemical strippers peel off old, unwanted paint. But the first, and perhaps biggest, challenge is figuring out which chemical stripper to use. |
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12 Wacky Painting Tools You Never Thought You'd Need: DIY Guy Here are some of those "why didn't I think of that" products. |
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Painter Essentials 4 Corel's friendly, affordable painting package could be the most fun hobbyists have had in front of a computer in years. |
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6 Easy Steps to a Long-Lasting Paint Job: DIY Guide Six key steps to preparation -- which unlocks the mystery of why paint jobs by pros last and those done by a homeowner may not. |
This Old House
Deborah Baldwin |
How to Paint a Color-Washed Plank Wall Use latex paint and glaze to bring out a wood's grain and add translucent layers of color. |
This Old House
Roy Barnhart |
Neater Paint Rolling "Cutting in" along the ceiling with a brush is an essential first step when painting a wall with a roller. |
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Elizabeth Lilly |
Pro Tips for Painting Trim Harriette Martins, brand manager of Benjamin Moore, let us in on a few pro secrets about painting trim that will come in handy for your next project. |
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Time-Saving Paint Tips Make quick work of painting cleanup with these tips. |
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December 3, 2000
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Painting Kitchen Cabinets A fresh coat will bring your kitchen back to life without breaking your budget... |
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August 2009 |
How to Clean, Wax and Detail Your Car: Expert Tips Here's how to protect your auto investment and maximize its value down the road -- inside and out. |
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June 2009
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How to Clean House: Top 10 Dirt-Dispelling Tips Chances are you own a shop vacuum, and maybe a pressure washer. These tools -- and more -- will help you get started getting rid of the dirt inside and on the exterior of your house. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2003
Neal Barrett |
Painting Kitchen Cabinets Every kitchen eventually reaches the point at which it looks worn-out. That's the time to take stock of your options. Everyone is well aware that kitchen remodeling is costly and inconvenient. However, a simple and low-cost alternative is to paint the cabinets. |
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October 10, 2008
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5 Pro Painting Tips Every Amateur Should Know: DIY Guy Try one or all of the following techniques and you'll end up with a paint job nice enough to show off to the neighbors. |
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November 21, 2007 |
Discount School Supply Recalls Paint Brushes Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard Surface paint on the brush handles can contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. |
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April 2004
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Paints Be Praised Make your boat look like new without breaking the bank---or your back. |
This Old House
Elizabeth Lilly |
Don't be Afraid to Paint Your Ceiling Make your fifth wall pop with a color expert's how-to steps. |
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Painter 7 Carbonized graphics application adds realistic watercolor tools... |
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Which Hairbrush Is Best For You? Picking the right brush for your dome can make your head look fuller, healthier and if you know how to use it, more stylish. So if you're fed up with all those bad hair days, then read up to find out which instrument is best for your hair... |
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Jefferson Kolle |
Stripped Bare What stands between the Winchester house and new paint? Ten tenacious coats of the old stuff. |
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Megan Baker |
6 Tips for Mixing Your Own Paints Expert advice for turning your leftover paints into custom blends |
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Elizabeth Lilly |
Paint a High-Gloss Front Door Get the European look by upgrading to a reflective door paint. |
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19 Reader Tips That Save Time and Money Readers' best time-saving tricks, inventive problem-solvers, and ingenious discoveries are presented. |
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Adobe Photoshop 7: Get Ready to Paint Latest release gets new painting tools, but isn't a critical upgrade unless your operating system is new... |
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How to Paint and Clean High Vaulted Ceilings The cleaning is the easiest to handle; painting is just hard work. |
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No Less Than 52 Skills You Need to Survive Homeownership From pulling nails without denting trim to getting a big paint spill off your carpet -- fast fix-it advice when it's time for you to do your homeowning duty. |
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August 2003
Alan Stafford |
Corel's Stellar Painter 8 Makes Art Easy Software allows realistic on-screen brushstrokes and provides a wealth of creative options. |
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October 29, 2009
Harry Sawyers |
Halloween Vandalism: How to Prevent It -- And How to Clean It Up Minimizing darkness by keeping your property well-lit is the best preventative measure for homeowners concerned about the risk of an egging, a toilet-papering, a pumpkin-smashing or a mailbox-bashing |
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Corel Painter IX.5 Although this upgrade is less than astounding, Painter is still the best choice if you're serious about digital painting. |
The Family Room
Amanda Formaro |
Homemade Halloween Make Up, Bruises & Blood Dressing up for Halloween is so much fun! Enjoy it even more knowing that you and your little goblins prepared their faces for the frightful night. Face paint is inexpensive when you make it yourself, and it's safer than a mask that can obscure vision... |
The Family Room
November 2000
Rachel Webb |
Straw Hat ScareCrow Craft Because the scarecrow is thought to ward off predators that would take the harvest it is an important symbol. Using two straw hats, it is easy to make an adorable scarecrow to dress up your home for the harvest season... |
