 | | Painting Fundamentals | | To keep your painting tools from being lost among other household gear and gadgets, designate one “sacred storage” container for painting essentials. You’ll save time gathering equipment each time you paint and have a system for collecting everything when you finish the project. |  |
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| |  | | Exterior Painting And Finishing | | Paint always provides the most protection against UV light and rain, but on surfaces such as decks that can’t be totally sealed off from water penetration, a stain is best because it doesn’t peel. And except for marine varnishes, clear coatings have very limited effectiveness against sunlight. | |
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| |  | | Seeing Colors | | When interior designers choose paint colors, they think about the tones, textures and scale of everything in the room: walls, ceiling, floor, trim, countertops, appliances and furnishings. | |
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| |  | | Stripping With Sand | | Sandblasting is one of the easiest and quickest ways to remove rust, old paint, dirt and grease from metal and other hard surfaces. | |
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| | | |  | | No Ain't in Paint | | Here are the causes of and solutions for four curb-appeal busters: blistering, cracking and flaking, mildew and wrinkling. | |
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| |  | | Painting Metal | | When properly painted, any metal can glisten like gold. But without the finished look that paint imparts, a welded project can look like a mass of rough, bent steel. Whether your goal is to revitalize a rusty handrail or create a one-of-a-kind hotrod, knowing what paint to use (and how to apply it) is the key to creating metalworking projects that shine. | |
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| |  | | Exterior-Painting Tips | | Whether you're contemplating a whole-house facelift or a simple front-door color change, follow these four basic rules for attractive, long-lasting results. | |
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| |  | | Paint Chemistry | | Ever wondered what exactly is in paint? What you need to know before starting your next painting project. | |
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| |  | | Tips on Clearing the Air | | Have you ever wondered what paint label warnings mean by, "Use with adequate ventilation."? Here are ways to protect indoor air quality while working with products -- from the most benign to the highly toxic -- that carry this familiar caution. | |
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 | | Brush or Spray | | Although the brush is still the tool of choice for most of us who paint or stain our own homes, airless sprayer systems are catching on fast. | |
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| | | |  | | Color Your World | | If you have spring fever or you're just ready for a change, consider a transformation through color. Paint a room or just one wall, a piece of furniture or your kitchen cabinets --it's a simple and inexpensive way to make a dramatic difference. | |
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| | | | | | Exterior Painting And Finishing | | Paint always provides the most protection against UV light and rain, but on surfaces such as decks that can’t be totally sealed off from water penetration, a stain is best because it doesn’t peel. And except for marine varnishes, clear coatings have very limited effectiveness against sunlight. | |
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| | | | Exterior-Painting Tips | | Whether you're contemplating a whole-house facelift or a simple front-door color change, follow these four basic rules for attractive, long-lasting results. | |
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| | | | No Ain't in Paint | | Here are the causes of and solutions for four curb-appeal busters: blistering, cracking and flaking, mildew and wrinkling. | |
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| | | | Paint Chemistry | | Ever wondered what exactly is in paint? What you need to know before starting your next painting project. | |
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| |  | | Paint or Stain | | House paints and stains are quite similar — both consist of solids suspended in a solvent. The two coatings differ only in the amount of solids they contain. | |
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| | | | Painting Fundamentals | | To keep your painting tools from being lost among other household gear and gadgets, designate one “sacred storage” container for painting essentials. You’ll save time gathering equipment each time you paint and have a system for collecting everything when you finish the project. | |
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