When it comes to transforming your space, a new lick of paint can make it feel fresh and new. While it might seem ...

Regular maintenance, occasional paint touch ups, cleaning and the use of primer and quality paint are factors that contribute to longer lasting exterior paint. When painting high areas of the ...

A: Paint is magic when you want to refresh a kitchen — or really any room with a lot of cabinets — without spending too much. But to get good results, you can’t take shortcuts on preparation, and you ...

Q: The white coating on our aluminum trim is peeling badly in places, particularly on the sunnier side of our house. The contractor who installed the siding, windows and trim in 2009 is no longer in ...

Definitely don’t skip out on the coat of primer, says Ashley Saltern, director of paint product management at PPG. “Apply it with a high-quality, nylon-polyester brush.” Be sure to pay close ...

“Contractors rarely use self-priming paints,” says Deborah Zimmer, a spokeswoman at Dow Chemical Company. “They worry that if the paint-and-primer product doesn’t give them the appearance ...

A decent paint job will take a fairly intensive ... Here a judgment call is made whether to use a filling glaze or another primer application, depending on the extent of the defect.

Now, go ahead and apply a coat of oil-based primer. Let it dry per the manufacturer's instructions, then paint the object.