Painting Tips

Professional painter Butch Zang tells you the key techniques he uses to keep organized, work fast, choose tools and materials and produce…

We've received hundreds of painting tips from readers and painting contractors over the years. We culled through them and came up with this…

Here are 10 tips to make your painting projects go smoother and faster while giving you a professional-looking finish that you'll be proud of.…

A good exterior painting job will extend the life of your siding and trim and increase the value of your house. Learn the best techniques for…

Painting a room gives it an instant makeover but cleaning up during and after can feel like it takes forever. These easy tips will help you…

Dual-roller decorative painting systems can create unique color and texture effects on your walls in a fraction of the time required by more…

A master painter shares tips and techniques from 30 years of residential painting work, covering everything from roller selection to taping to…

Spray paint is toxic, and cheap masks don't offer much protection. The best way to avoid permanent brain damage is to use an activated carbon…

With these painting tips and easy-to-find tools you'll paint faster, neater and better. Even a novice painter can do a top-notch job with these…

Experts list the best tools for painting—including brushes, rollers, paint removers, masking tools, cleaning tools, pouring spouts, poles,…

In the long run good paint preparation techniques add years to an exterior paint job—including cleaning, scraping, filling, caulking and…

Paint drips on your natural woodwork can be a real pain and a real eyesore. Don't despair. We'll show you how to get rid of those pesky…

A veteran painting contractor shares his secrets for painting walls fast, yet producing first-rate results. You can easily master these…

These DIY painting tips will help you roll your walls quickly and smoothly—without leaving roller marks. We'll show you the tricks and…

The key to painting faster, with better, neater results is preparation. These tips show how a few extra minutes of work before getting out the…

Expensive paint has more pigment and resin, and though it may look the same as the cheap stuff, there are big differences in the ingredients and…

Use a can of latex or oil paint once and the rim invariably get coated with dried, crusty paint. This solution is unusual and counterintuitive,…

Brushing a silky smooth finish on woodwork takes patience and attention to detail. In this article, we'll show you the tricks and techniques…

Paint cabinets to brighten a shabby kitchen. Choose an oil-based paint or a water-borne acrylic enamel. Both create tough, durable surfaces…

Eliminate brush marks by sanding and repainting or by skim coating with drywall compound and repainting. Both techniques are easy.