I’m about to start on painting. need some suggestions

I’m getting the place really reasonable, because I said I would try to help them fix it up. I need to buy paint for the walls and I’m not sure what to ask for. also Is it better to tape before painting? my landlords know I have never done this before, but I would love […]

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How to remove glue from dry wall?

I have just taken 3 layers of wall paper boarder off dry wall in my den. The last layer has been glued to the dry wall – not wall paper glue. I have tried turpentine and mineral spirits to soften the glue – to no avail. Any suggestions other than sanding. The glue is at […]

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Texturizing with joint compound

I’m not sure if I made a (big) mistake, but I’ve started this and am about ⅓ of the way through, so don’t want to change drastically how I’m doing it. I wanted to cover up blotches on my walls and so decided that the best way to do this was to apply wall compound […]

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