Something’s happening to the walls of your home—when you touch it, your fingers get coated with a powdery residue. This is called chalking. Here we discuss what exactly it is,…
For those new to home painting, it can be easy to assume that painting a wall is a straightforward task. It’s probably a lot like filling in the pages of…
There could be several possible factors as to why you’re experiencing paint problems. By paint problems, we’re talking about seeing subtle or major imperfections to dry paint on a surface.…
It’s not soap making. Well, not literally. Saponification on wall paints is the result of the alkali reacting to oil, or in this case, the alkaline surface reacting to oil-based…
You got home one afternoon to spots of rust on your metal gate. It’s been raining nonstop and nothing’s protecting the gate that protects you. (It’s sad.) You thought about…
After painting your room days ago, you see the results of your hard work for the very first time and… OMG. You noticed the uneven colors and the marks left…
It’s your day off work after almost two weeks of non-stop phone calls and client meetings and you can’t wait to revamp your house or condo. You’ve planned this for…
Oops! Your dark shirt seemed to have gotten lighter after leaning on that wall. You checked on it and realized that it’s caused by powdery granules you got from your…
Here is a list of the common painting problems that we have discussed so far and some solutions to these problems — What is Efflorescence? What is Mildew? What is Blistering? What…
It’s the new year. We are so gone with the old, and in with the new. And by new we mean a new painting problem we are going to help…