Q: My wife and I live in an older, rustic home, and we’d like to freshen it up with some paint. What’s the best paint for wood surfaces in our home, indoors and out? Is oil-based or water-based the ...

Q: My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded. I’d love to update it with fresh paint and new hardware, but I’ve heard that you can’t get good results painting over stain. Is ...

Normally, when you want to freshen up a room or change the color of a room, most people paint over the existing paint in the room. In some instances, that is fine. But, like with any other project you ...

Is it OK to put latex paint over oil-based primer? The fumes are killing me, can’t keep on with the oil-based paint in mid-winter. Thank you.