Painting Tips

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

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

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

How to repaint chipped, flaking or dirty moldings so they look like new; the secrets of a professional-looking job.

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…

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…

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

Henry Ford said it best: “Before anything else, getting ready is the secret to success.” And it’s certainly true when it…

Check out these tips and tricks from paint and wallpaper professionals that will make your projects easier and faster. From how to paint in…

Professional painters share their secrets for producing a great-looking interior paint job. The work will go faster with less hassle too.

Masking off baseboard and other trim is a great way to get a professional-looking paint job. You'll get a crisp, clean paint line where the…

These pro secrets about the best way to use and care for your paintbrushes and paint rollers will make any paint job around the house easier,…

Paintbrushes full of dried paint or varnish don't have to be discarded. Done properly, a good soak in brush cleaner can restore the bristles to…