Step 5:Remove the tape. I used to wait until the top layer of paint was dry but a reader told me you get better results if you remove the tape right away. I tried it and it worked! So once you have painted the final color remove the tape while the paint is still wet. Remember ...
After multiple paint jobs in a home, interior trim can become caked with many layers of paint. When this happens, it can begin to lose the interesting contours, shapes, and details. If this is the case with the trim in your home—or if you want to remove the paint entirely so you ca...
When it comes to improving your home, one of the quickest, easiest, and least expensive ways to make a significant impact is to paint the siding and trim. Nothing protects the structure, revives weatherworn siding, or adds visual style faster or more effectively than a new paint job. Is ...
The Advanced view timeline uses a time ruler to display the components of your movie and their relation with each other over time. You can trim and add scenes, indicate important frames with markers, add transitions, and control how clips are blended or superimposed. The zoom controls on the ...
As the name suggests, water-based paint has water as a solvent. You can use water-based paint in almost any application in the home, from exteriors and trim to interior walls and woodwork. Water-based paints are: Easy to clean with soap and water • Kinder to the env...
Most pros would say yes. However, if the walls are heavily textured, they might be difficult to mask, and you may want to paint them first and forgo the use of masking tape altogether when doing the trim. Should you remove the lighting fixtures? It usually makes the painting job easier,...
This is great when setting up a brick format subway tile to get even half cuts. Not only that but every time you come up to a hard surface and you need to trim a tile, the manual tile cutter will be on the job. It’s ability to cut perfectly straight lines quickly and accurately ...
Latex varieties are best if you plan to paint over them, while clear silicone caulk is more flexible and less likely to dry out and crack over time [source: Gouge et al.]. 6: Seal Around Pipe Penetrations If you're like most homeowners, you've had to deal with utility installation...
While it can be annoying to trim an extra line or two from a query that’s already bumping up against the one-page limit, and downright maddening to try to round a contest entry off so the last page does not end in mid-sentence (although in a contest for book-length ...
hiccups along the way that I had to overcome. My primary goal in writing this post is to document what I did in order to save myself some trouble in the future. If you are trying to figure out how to have your child’s book professionally printed, I hope it might be helpful to ...