r/Housepainting101

I rolled the ceiling and got some ceiling paint on the walls. We plan to paint the walls sage green soon- do I need to do anything to these areas first?

I can obviously get a paint chip easily to match color.
:-(

Are there recommended grit levels/types of sandpaper, recommended primers, # of coats, etc.? I think there is some Benjamin Moore Aurora(?) that is good for bathrooms.

There are some stains on my wall (newly painted about 4 months ago) and I touched it up with roller brush using the same paint the contractor left behind.

It has been 30 hours since and it still looks wet. I am in perth and the temperature these few days range between 10 to 18deg outside and a bit rainy.
Is this normal? Do I have to worry?

I actually really like it!! It’s a PIA gabbing to shellac every square inch. They get fruit flies and they poop on the walls and the only way to convert is shellac first. Everywhere. Then hot mud and holes and I found a secret to the system is after you’ve hot mudded all the dings that drives really quick obviously and you can go back with a wet sponge and just wet sand so to speak. It gets rid of the ripple that you might leave. Especially if there’s texture it’s hard to get it perfect so but anyways, at that point texture, the hot mud, two coats of duration semi gloss. Good for another bashing. I just like keeping organized and popping them off in a hurry. 🤙🏼
Happy painting

Hello. Need some advice on how to paint a small wall. I have roller brushes and normal brush and masking tape as well As the right Matt wall paint. Other than roller it on, is there a need to tape the cornices and skirting before painting near them? What about the external corner edges. Can I just brush or roller it outward at the edge? Pls note This wall is newly painted (4-5m old). The patch is because i screwed it up and painted wrong colour (used skirting paint rather than wall paint)

I used Glidden high gloss door paint and quality Wooster Pro paintbrush but the result is terrible. Could the paint be defective?

Update: So I learned 2 things from the comments: 1: Stir the paint first. 2: Don’t paint a hot door.

Looks like the previous home owners tried to repair this but the drywall underneath just crumbles at the touch and the paint is peeling off.

We recently replaced our entry doors and while I had no issues painting the surfaces when I removed the tape the paint came up in the window pane areas.

Any suggestions or tips on how to successfully touchup/paint this area? TIA

I'm working on a deck that originally used Behr solid color waterproofing stain and sealer, but I don't think the company that painted it even put two coats let alone primer so 60 to 70% of it came off with a pressure washer and a little bit of scraping. The homeowner installed a section of bare wood and his idea is to transition to an oil-based stain for everything. He wants me to stain the new wood and then put a coat of stain over the painted sections as well. I did a sample which is the second photo and you can see it looks awful. The homeowner doesn't want to repaint because he thinks it's going to look like crap again in a few years but I think it will look 10 times worse with a coat of stain over everything. I was thinking of using an oil-based primer and then repainting. This way I would expect the paint to hold up longer than the previous job. Any thoughts? The homeowner is extremely particular so I'm hoping maybe with some extra advice we can steer him away from stain. But if we do stain everything and then realize it looks terrible, can I go back over the oil-stain with an oil based primer? I assume that's a possibility but I've never primed over oil based stain before. Thanks!

This is the current state of our bedroom, and I really want to repaint it myself. I have plenty of free time, so I figured this could be a fun DIY project.
I’ve never painted a room before, so I’m not sure what supplies I need to buy. Besides paint, what else should I get? Do I need primer? Sandpaper? Filler for small holes or cracks? Any tools or tips for a beginner would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Background- previous owner of my house did some really questionable construction work. This paint is giving me a run for my money. Long story short, I was fixing some awful drywall work, and the paint started peeling. It’s kind of stretchy and rubbery; some areas peeled off in big sheets and other areas don’t. Some scrapes fairly easy, some doesn’t, and it’s tearing up the paper on the 70’s drywall. They drenched every room, so it’s not just walls but also every. Single. Ceiling.

Before we knew about the bad paint, we textured the ceiling in the kitchen. Fast forward a year later, it’s starting to crack and chunk off. Takes the previous paint layer with it.

My question is, how in the heck do I overcome this??! Everything I read says that a bonding primer is going to bond the new surface coating to the previous surface coating. So do I need to scrape and sand every inch of this improperly adhered paint off every wall and every ceiling? Is that my ONLY option?

Other than torching the whole place, of course…

I agreed to pay 1600 for a plastering and painting of my whole room, the contractor charged me a high price specifically stating that it is because he provides a good quality premium work, this is the result of the finished job he even requested the final payment before the job was complete.

Am I in the right of not being satisfied with this job, this is not quality and there is clearly a lack of care

They also left player residue on my blinds and doors and left paint all over the floor

How do I go about this

I messed up I white washed the planks that are going up on my ceiling and now I hate them. Why are they so gray and purple toned ahhhhhh

Now I’m wondering if I should just paint them, but I really wish that I had gone with my original idea to stain them a medium/dark wood tone.. is it too late to do that?