It's 20 bucks for a 16 oz concentrate — meant to dilute into a squirtable cleaner, but you can use it full strength — it will literally
remove paint stains, even sharpie marker, and I'm diggin it because it does a nice job removing the remnants of a wax finish (I usually grabbed mineral spirits).
Not exact matches
Cigarette smoke creates persistent yellow
stains on
painted walls that take a concentrated effort to
remove.
But with Annie Sloan
paints, there is no need to
remove the
stain or varnish or even old
paint!
Hi Debbie — For prepping for chalk
paint you don't need to use Mineral Spirits — that is for cleaning a surface after you
remove old
stain or poly.
Canvases are
stained by ink that could write countless narratives, but it is the titles, seen at the
remove of the list of works, that imbue the
paintings with personal, fictional significance.
After a brief and friendly negotiation over price — which included the purchase of a replacement at the Art League Store — the artist
removed the
paint -
stained, three - year - old apron and bequeathed it to his happy visitor.
I apply the
stains to canvas with more wet
paint as a binder, allow it to dry,
remove the plastic sheeting and the
painted gesture remains on the canvas, intact, with textural language of ripples and folds from the plastic that vibrate in the glow of raking light.
To make the work, the artist employs a unique process where areas of gouache are
painted over hand - drafted patterns and then
removed, leaving transparent layers of pigment
stain in the prepared ground.
Still lots of work to do, (landscaping, square columns on the porch, shakes on the gables, shutters on the windows, not to mention the front door is still unsealed /
stained /
painted and there's a bunch of old
paint that needs to be
removed from the front of the steps.
I wrote a few posts on how to
remove paint or
stain from a table.
The railings aren't up to code so those will get re-built and then we will
remove the carpet, wallpaper and then
paint the walls and
stain the floors.
Why not
remove only a portion of the veneer, allow the raw wood underneath to shine with a
stain,
paint the remaining veneered area the same as the body, then....
In the living room, we have to do some electrical to get the light on the switch (it was just a fan on a pull cord),
remove the wallpaper and carpet,
paint everything,
stain the floors, and clean up the built ins.
And now after
removing the closet, putting in french doors to the now playroom, new hardwood floors,
stain,
paint, etc.:
I wouldn't mind
removing paint if I wanted to restore a piece, knowing that an amazing piece lay waiting to be
stained.
I
removed the peeling veneer, primed the piece with General Finishes
Stain Blocker and
painted it in General Finishes Antique White Milk Paint.
Now, several months later, after weeks of painstakingly
removing three layers of gooey - backed wallpaper (some of which had been
painted over), sanding the top down until it was completely unfinished, and distressing the body & legs - I gave the whole thing a few coats of «Provencial» - colored
stain from Lowes...
We dramatically amped up the character and aesthetic of the staircase by:
removing the old carpet; refinishing the treads in the same grey
stain as the floors;
painting out the posts, banister, and spindles in white; and by carrying the wainscoting up the stair wall.
Oh my goodness... I think IF she plans on keeping it and not tearing it down and starting over,
paint the outside, keep the white, do black shutters and a great color for the front door or get a new solid wood one, 2nd... on the inside, seeing that J Lo transformed her husband's NY place into more modern fare, I think that she would definitely add color (all the walls are white) in the lighter neutrals, reverse the dark
stained wood molding in the sitting area around the ceiling and windows into something lighter to coordinate with whatever wall color she chooses or white, 3rd... she would
remove most of the colonial furniture pieces, especially sofas and chairs, and add something with more interest, 4th... holy cow... that red carpet on the stairs would definitely go and she would do hardwoods, 5th... kitchen and FR complete overhaul, I can see her doing 2 different seating areas in the FR and gut the kitchen..
The old carpet was
removed; its place are
painted and
stained stairs along with new railings and balusters.
Here is a before picture of the dining room (with carpet, beige walls, and weird door between it and the kitchen) and a picture after the crown moulding and chair rail were put up, the walls were
painted red, the weird door was
removed, and the hardwood floors were put in (but before they were
stained).
They resist fading, scuffs and scratches from everyday wear and
stains — even
paint and nail polish come off if
removed right away.
If you
stain or
paint first, then build, and fill areas as needed with wood filler, then you have to sand the wood filler smooth,
removing all that work, then re -
stain /
paint in those areas that have wood filler and were sanded.