Placement of Vapor Barrier?

[q]Situation:  antique  8-in thick brick home constructed of sun dried bricks with plastered internal walls and no vapor barrier.  How to protect against the combination of weather and internal moisture?  The proper technique, as I understand it, is to paint the external walls,. presumably with latex paint, to prevent leaching  of external brick surfaces from […]

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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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What can I use to cover over enamel paint?

I applied one coat of Rustoleum paint to my cabinet and it came out with many streaks. So now I’m thinking to paint over that with a latex paint. Can I do that? — I didn’t have the time this morning to say anymore. A regular small brush with fairly fine bristles will do the […]

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Can I apply polyurethane over paint?

Is it ok for me to apply polyurethane over a painted wall so that I can protect it? I painted my wall in the bathroom what turns out to be a flat yellow. I love the color, it’s great (IMO), and it’s almost new paint, but it already has marks from various objects leaning on […]

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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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