Painting Tips & Tools

Xylene is a powerful solvent that has distinct advantages over other paint thinners. This handy guide will explain how to tell the difference yourself whether it is best for you or not.

It is crucial to know how many coats of primer to apply to your walls before you paint them. Read this handy guide before your next painting project.

If your old paint is too damaged or uneven to cover, strip it off your drywall with these easy to follow steps!

Electrostatic sprayers offer a neater, more efficient alternative to traditional paint sprayers, but at what cost?

Adding hardeners and reducers to your enamel paint creates the best finish. Read on for six tips to mix your paint properly.

There are variety of uses for lacquer thinner that go beyond it's marketed purpose. In fact, the product is much more useful than you might have ever realized. Take a look at four ways that you can use the leftover lacquer thinner sitting in your garage.

If you've got a can of leftover enamel paint, you might be looking for a DIY project to use it up. Or, maybe you're just hoping enamel paint will work on a project you're already considering. These projects are perfect for using up enamel paint and sprucing up your home items.

Give your walls a unique touch by adding glitter paint for an extra shine.

Painting concrete foundations is an excellent way to breathe life to the foundation.

Get the best hard finish and shine from your lacquer paint.

Spray painting brass may seem difficult, but actually it is quite easy when you use follow these steps.

A heat gun resembles a hair blow dryer but it will strip the paint off of a project like nobody's business. Here is how to do it right yourself.

A clear coat can give your projects just the finish that you want and the long-term protection they need.

If your old paint is too far gone to sand down and paint over, here's how to remove it.

Applying polyurethane over a painted surface will give it an impeccably smooth finish.

Don’t waste money throwing out older, thickened paint. Instead, use these steps to thin your paint with ease.