As a homeowner, no matter what your home is made of, sooner or later you’re going to face an issue relative to paint, whether it’s the exterior trim or refurbishing an old radiator. With so many surfaces in and around our homes being painted, even if most of your home is relatively maintenance free or without paint, there are still places that paint appears. And where there is paint, sooner or later there is re-painting.
Unless you’re a painting contractor, you’re probably eventually going to come up against a paint project you’re not quite sure what to handle. For instance:
What’s the best way to strip layers of paint off a tin ceiling? Should trim be painted before or after being installed? How do you remove screws whose heads are covered by layers of paint? In a remodeling project, should the walls be painted before or after the flooring is done?
The editors of This Old House have the answers to these and many other difficult paint-related questions. This post is a great easy reference for just about any challenging paint situation you as a homeowner may come up against.
