Professional painters may make their work look easy, but there's more to their craft than meets the eye. Over the years, Matt Stanley of Astley Painting & Fine Finishes has gathered an arsenal of tips ...

Ever hammer down a paint can lid only to have paint splatter everywhere? You can prevent that by grabbing a 5-in-1 tool and using the pointy end to punch a few holes through the groove of the can’s ...

Water stains can spread across your walls and may reappear after you paint over them. Find out how to properly handle water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smooth over. Scrape away cracked or peeling paint with a metal putty knife, and use it to remove bumps, dried-on paint, and edges ...

Good paint care is simple in concept and annoying in practice: keep dirt from grinding into the clear coat, keep contaminants ...

Paint jobs are a quick way to update and transform a room. Even though it is one of the easier DIY projects, slip-slapping paint over walls is not always a savvy approach. A shoddy paint job will need ...

There's one common ingredient required in every step of building a street rod: patience. From building the motor to the final phases of finishing a paintjob, you cannot rush the process and still ...

Not long ago in this column, I shared why it’s so hard to preserve exterior wood using any number of products. One of them was paint. You may have been one of the many readers that reached out to me.

You’ve just dropped between $50,000 and $500,000 on a brand new vehicle. You’ve probably spent countless hours researching your new high-end sports car, luxury sedan, SUV or truck, and you’re thrilled ...