If a paint bucket of indoor latex is and remains sealed and kept close for more than 2 years will the paint still be good?

Does paint only go bad once opened or?

I painted a clients house a couple of years ago but have been getting called back semi regularly to fix the same area over and over again with no better result.

This area of the property is basement level but has a flat roof above, the client had a leak causing water damage.

Following roof repairs I scraped back the area and let it fully dry out, cleaned it with a vinegar soloution, and gave it 2 coats of peel stop, patched the area with easy fill, primed it with zinsser 123 and gave it 2 coats of farrow and ball estate emulsion.

The problem seems to keep reoccuring, i suspect efflorencense or some form of mineral build up but im unsure of how to effectively treat it and prevent a repeat.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm fixing it, it's not my sprayer hahahaha

So I have been thinking of ways to help deter deer from my electric fence by marking the posts to make them more visible to deer. This fence surrounds my 1/2 acre food plot, they have the other 10 acres to themselves to enjoy.

Deer do not perceive color like humans. which is why blaze Orange and Pink are good for hunting safety. But I want the opposite. I want these posts to scream "hey look at this!' but for deer eyes. Now they can see into the UV spectrum, is there a paint or treatment I could use which would be invisible/ subtle to humans yet brightly obvious to deer? And if so any suggestions for an outdoor product on wood?

Thanks folks!

(I know the only thing that stops deer is an 8 foot fence- with a moat stocked with rabid alligators just past a 1 acre deep mixed anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines, just let me experiment with paint and animal psychology :p )

I recently painted a few rooms of my house with Rustoleum Studio exterior paint. I did not realize it was exterior paint (I guess the excitement of painting overshadowed reading the label) well it’s all finished and now that I’ve noticed and saw the warnings about off gassing and toxicity I’m not sure what to do. Should I prime and repaint? Could I skip priming and just repaint?

Does anyone know where I can buy customized (with my company’s logo/name) touch up kit boxes? Specifically the ones that are shaped like houses and hold 6 quart cans? Back in the day you could get generic ones from Sherwin Williams but they stopped making them.

Say I need six gallons for two coat walls (about 1200 sq-ft). I realize the exact amount of paint for trim will depend on number of doors and windows, but I'm just looking for a crude rule of thumb.

Guessing it's 10-20% total gallons for walls? So not more than three gallons of trim paint (from the six gallons needed for the walls).

Hi there! I’m painting my wood deck soon. I have a gallon of Sherwin Williams “vinyl safe” paint that was used to paint some of our vinyl siding last year. Can I use this paint on my deck? Or is it only for vinyl? Any advice appreciated, thank you!

Need some advice on which wall paint color would work for a bathroom with Navy blue vanity with a white quartz countertop and white floor tiles with light gray veins. Faucet,cabinet handles and shower panels are chrome. There is one small east facing window, however not much sunlight comes through as it’s blocked by the house next to us. Prefer suggestions for Benjamin Moore as it’s closest to us both open to all suggestions.

Wondering if worth the $300 .

So I need to paint a mural on the wall that has textured eggshell finish. Usually I just sand and prime the surface to be painted, but this time is different since the project is line-art, so the wall paint itself expected to bee seen trough mural. If I do as always, the wall will look ugly and patchy. Plus, it's in a rented office, so any changes must be easily removable (repainting the whole room is not the case). Just painting over existing finish could be an option, but again I'm afraid that it wouldn't be possible to easily re-done the original finish then. What should I do to better prevent future problems?

Hello everybody, I’m looking to paint the walls in the kitchen and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a paint thats not transparent and thick that I can cover with in one coat.

Hi, I'm new to quoting but was curious what I should charge for wall surface area. I read that some charge $1.50/sq ft of wall area. This house has a living room with 14' vaulted ceilings and the total ceiling surface area of the painted portion of the house is 800 sq ft. Then, the total wall surface area is 2200 sq ft for the parts I'll be painting.

I was also wondering is it ever okay to paint walls or ceilings with one quote if they are previously painted and you are painting nearly the same color?

Greatly appreciate any advice!

Edit: The sq ft was changed to the correct value of 2200. Thanks for the replies of what $1.50/sq ft includes.

Not sure if this is the right sub, but it's it possible to make a blue version of mazda's soul red crystal metallic? I love how it's a bright red in the sun, but also has a lot of depth to it. I just have this image in my head of my project car being blue

These wooden steps and railing, to which I just applied some Plastic Wood and need to sand again, lead from a concrete pool deck to the house.

I want to them to be flat or low-gloss black. The wood is rather rough and porous and not great quality. (Had a buddy do it, to my regret)

Anyway, how to proceed? Some sort of primer first? Paint or stain? Oil-based or latex? Also don't want them to be slippery of course.

Not sure where to begin, so any advice appreciated.

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I’m wondering what your go to sherwin Williams paint is to paint a home white for selling. Looking for it to look good without caring much for durability. A lot of walls are very dark and I’m hoping to get 2 coat coverage.

We had some dry wall patching done in a bathroom. In the past we have patched dry wall and could see where the drywall was fixed after painting. I was told it was because I didn’t prime before painting. So, I primed the entire room with Aqua lock primer, then finished with Behr scuff defense paint… but you can STILL the patches. Will more coats of paint help with this issue? Should I sand the entire room then recoat? I need some advice! Thank you!

Hi, I'm painting my ceiling with SW PCP. This is my third coat because it was blotchy this morning after my 2nd yesterday. SW employee told me to try a 3rd coat. This is two hours into drying. This paint is so fricken thick and the spread is awful. Ticks me off dealing with it. Can barely do wall to wall (10.5") before having to dip again. Will these lines go away? The paint feels dry after 10 minutes. Any advice is appreciated! I'm using 3/8" Purdy White Dove roll.

We have an older home in which the second-floor shower bathroom is not vented properly and is mottled with mold on the shower ceiling. We're gonna be venting it to the roof, installing an exhaust fan with better CFM but now we have to deal with the shower ceiling.

We had a mold guy from a local company come out to assess and confirmed that it's just surface growth and the area of coverage is fairly small (~12 square feet) so he said the homeowner should be able to take care of it. There's no mold growth in the attic space above the bathroom.

He recommended using Kilz and then painting over it.

I'm probably going with this Kilz product but wondering what type of paint should I then put over it? Is there a moisture-resistant paint type or brand I should go with? Anything else I should watch out for?

My friend needs help painting her home, her and her husband knocked out the trim and walls a couple weeks back. Now they want to paint their ceilings. I used to paint through college so I was asked to help since this is a task they’re not willing to do. Had I known about them painting I would’ve advised to START with the ceilings first. Im thinking to frogtape the top edge of the walls and cut in and roll, but any and all suggestions would be helpful.

I’ve seen everyone say chantilly lace barely covers anything. Simply white was a step up. I’m going to be using ultra spec 500. Honestly it’s a closet I need to paint white. It’s already white.

What whites does everyone like? Honestly it’s a closet. I was figuring a slightly warm white. Since some of the drywall is being replaced I’m assuming I need to prime the area.

Basically any suggestions.

We have a section of our house, which faces the sun on the south side, that needs touch up paint more than other areas due to the paint chipping and cracking. Here are photos. The masonite siding underneath seems solid, with no signs of rot. This section was previously scraped, primed with an oil primer and then painted with a coat of Behr Premium Plus exterior paint, which was about one year old since it was first opened.

Can you tell by these photos if the chips and vertical cracks in the pain are due to bad prep, bad paint or maybe moisture getting into the siding behind it?

So I bought this not paying any attention to the fact that it’s stain and not paint (was in the discount section at Menards) so I’m sorry if this is a totally obvious answer but I know nothing about this, can I used this on dry wall??? Any advice on what I can do with this if not 😅 TIA

I'm currently mulling over which paint to decide for a TV feature wall. I ordered various samples - in truth all appeared much darker than anticipated - with the exception of the Dulux Thunder Clouds.

I'm undecided between the top two (Glazed Granite PPG and Dulux Thunder Clouds).

Can I assume the paint will appear 'lighter' if the entire wall is painted (as it is currently contrasting against the white background?)

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