Category: Paint Tests

I tried to paint my downstairs bathroom vanity last Tuesday. The cabinet looks like dark oak but it is actually just a shiny plastic sticker laminated over cheap particle board. I lightly sanded the doors and brushed on a standard water based primer. It went on smooth and looked completely fine until it dried. I […]

I spent three days painting the baseboards in my guest bedroom last month. I bought a standard gallon of semi-gloss white paint from the hardware store. It was on sale for twenty five dollars. I thought white paint was just white paint. I was completely wrong. The cheap paint dried exactly the way I brushed […]