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2008-11-17 Retexturing: Are you talking about "orange peel" texture? If so, the walls should be smooth first before retexturing. Any other kind of texturing (knockdown texture, etc), the walls don't have to be that smooth since...
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2008-11-16 Painting over a pickled pine wall: Lightly sand the pine paneling. Use 120 grit sandpaper. Apply 1 coat of oil based primer. (Z-prime makes a good primer). After the primer is dry (24 hours), paint the paneling with 2 coats of paint....
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2008-11-09 Wallpaper border: Use some border seam paste (or elmers slue). Spread it on the part that is curling up. Let it tack lightly. Use a heat gun or hair dryer to warm (soften up) the edges on the paper. Roll or flatten the...
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2008-11-04 Tall Walls - Catherdral Ceilings: You can paint one wall (accent wall) in each room an accent color. Or you can paint all four walls the same color. Some of my clients have different color schemes for different rooms, others have the...
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2008-11-01 wallpaper: It is best to remove it. Use a spray bottle with warm water. If it is impossible to remove, I'd suggest priming over the area with an oil based primer. Then sand and patch. Then hang wallpaper. Hope...
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