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Painting Plywood: Supplies, and How-To in 5 Steps

Whether you're painting plywood walls, shelves, a shed, etc, you do have some good choices when it comes to plywood paint. Prep is key.

How to Get Spray Paint Off Skin (with Home Remedy)

Whether it is wet or dry, we show how to get spray paint off skin. You probably already have what you need in the house, but there are some basic staples you might grab while you're here.

How Long to Wait Between Coats of Paint?

Please be careful here: there is a danger behind easy answers to the question of how long to wait between coats of paint. Generally, people want to get it over with I know, I know.

How to Touch Up Paint in 4 Steps

Learning how to touch up paint takes experience. But don't worry, we'll hold your hand through these steps. In decades of painting, we've done it a few times.

Mold Resistant Paint (with 6 Easy Steps to Paint Over Mold)

Mold resistant paint does not kill mold! But you can relax, the process of stopping mold is very do-able. A little elbow grease, a little mold killing primer (the good stuff) and you are ready to paint. Whew. I'm glad I stopped you from just painting over that mold!

example of wood stain that you can paint over

Can You Paint Over Stain? “It’s not THAT Complicated”

Can you paint over stain? Any stain? Yes! These days all the realtors you work for ask you if you can paint over stain: cabinets, floors, trim. It's like a mantra. I love wood, but sometimes you do what you gotta do. Lucky you, you don’t need to strip the varnish or polyurethane off!

Best Drywall Primer & 4 Simple Steps for Priming

For newly constructed walls, the best drywall primer is not the most expensive primer. For new walls (with no stains etc) you do not need a stain-blocker or a hole-filler.

How to Paint Behind a Toilet in 5 min (and the Bathroom in 3 Hours)

Yes, we know how to paint behind a toilet! Here the professional painters' secret.

Best Basement Floor Paint & Painting Floor in 5 Steps

Let's knock this puppy O-U-T. The short list of what you need: First, choices for the best basement floor paints around, then how to paint a basement floor made easy.

woman holding a paint roller that need cleaning

How to Clean Paint Rollers: the Quick, the Neat, and the Lazy Way

The first tip on How to Clean Paint Rollers-- it's actually not a big mess and there is a reason you should clean them: Don't buy cheap rollers so you can throw away! Cheap ones shed lint!

Painting Plaster Walls in 5 Easy Steps

Painting plaster walls is not at all difficult. If your house is old, it will have plaster, sometimes called 'horsehair plaster' on the walls. The old workers used the tail hair from horses to mix in with the plaster to give it strength.

Painting Drywall in 6 Proven Steps (Will Look As Good As Any Pro Job)

We'll list the steps you will need to know how to prepare for painting drywall. We'll explain each step from the start of a brand new wall up to the finished product. We will start by how to prep drywall for paint.

Preparing Walls for Painting Efficiently

For re-painting walls, below you'll find all the steps you need for preparing walls for —paintingfrom before you start up to the finished product. We will review all the potential problems you might encounter.

Room Painting Tips by a Professional: Faster, Better, Cheaper

We are not your normal painting company: we are giving away our secrets. I'm near retirement age, and I like blogging more than painting, so here are some room painting tips that your painter won't tell you.

The Best Way to Clean Paint Brush

Lazy? Soak baby. The best way to clean a paint brush start simply by soaking it. We find a bath tub if there is no utility sink and we routinely put off cleaning for the night and let the brush soak in the bucket. The next day it is so easy to clean as over night the floating brush and roller lets the paint falls to the bottom of the bucket.

Paint Walls or Trim First? 3 Amazing Tips

You paint the trim first, but not using a brush! Here are 3 steps and 1 awesome secret (some pros don't even know) on how to make this quick and easy (video included).

How to Paint a Wall? Big Tip: Skip the Tape, You Will Thank Me!

How to Paint a Wall? Let me count the ways. Ok, here is the short version: you will see all over the internet all these people telling you how to use tape, and how to clean the walls, brush first, etc etc. Well, they clearly read the manual written by someone who read a manual, but in practice, you just jump in. It's just not brain surgery.

For Canadian Painters Only

My time living and working in Canada has always been great. One problem for a painter though: painters in the US mostly use a 5-gallon bucket, a screen, and a 9-inch roller frame/cage. Why is that? It's fast man. Nobody ever stepped in a big bucket! Well, not as far as you know.

About Brad the Painter

Brad the Painter – Painting Tips by a Professional offers advice and recommendations on how to do your painting project well, safe and fast. You’ll find tips known only to the pros, and tools that save time and money. Brad has been in the business for well over 30 years, and is now in semi-retirement passing on the secrets to you. There really need not be any dread of painting by yourself. There are tools that do not cost much that save you time and cut through frustration.

Brad is meticulous in his painting

“In the Summer of 2010, Brad did an excellent job painting my home. He did a thorough job washing and scraping the eaves, trim, and entire house. Then he gave the trim and house two coats of paint. Brad is … Read more

worker using paint sprayer on interior walls

Best Paint Sprayer: Airless & Electric, Choose a Good One (Thank Me Later)

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