Clean the door. If you want the fresh paint to stick, you must remove all the dirt, grease and mold from a door. You can do this with a power washer, but beware—high-pressure water can dent ...

How to Prep a Car for Paint: Get Hands On. The best way to guarantee a long-lasting paintjob is to start with bare metal. The bad news here means that you'll be spending many, many hours becoming ...

When you choose quality paint to paint woodwork, you need quality brushes to spread it. My favorites for trim are a 2-1/2-in. straight brush and a 1-1/2-in. angle brush for detail work and cutting-in.

The painting of cedar shingles column last week elicited several replies.Here are two: Dear Jerry: I have a Cape Cod built 1947, cedar shingles; I like the look. The original paint and all the ...

Before you know it, that pristine paint job could be a series of chips, scratches, scuffs, and gouges. Your otherwise perfect car could look like a beater, and the only way out is a costly trip to ...

Paint like a pro: Restore old furniture. ... Fill any dents, scratches, or gouges with wood filler. Sand the patched areas once the filler is dry to create a smooth, even surface.

The Frontier is starting to show the signs of its hybrid country and city life; there are a couple of scratches in the paint, gouges in the plastic lining the tailgate, ...

Mother's little helper is all grown up. With a fresh coat of paint, and put to new use, a 1950s era baby wardrobe moved out of the nursery and into the dining room. Surrounded by baby strollers ...

Finally, fixing gelcoat gouges on a vertical surface is nearly impossible. Gouges in these locations require a paste, as the gelcoat will simply slide down before filling in the hole. Use your best ...

Surveying the damage to our lovely Genesis G90's rear fender and bumper on a Dallas roadside, it all seemed excruciatingly minor. There were some scrapes in the paint, barely rising to gouges just ...

The great Florida hardcore band Gouge Away‘s powerful debut album , Dies was one of the best punk albums of 2016. A while ago, they were revealed as one of the openers on Paint It Black’s sole ...

Scratches in your car’s paint are similar to birth, death, and taxes: inevitable. You’re out getting groceries and a mouth-breather dings your door, scrapes your fender, or worse, keys your car.