Looks Like Slate Shingles
It looks traditional, but this house in Billerica, Mass., TOH's 1999 TV project, used plenty of high-tech materials. Made in part from car bumpers, these rubbery shingles are one-quarter the weight of real slate and carry a 50-year warranty. Even ... [... more]
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Build Like a Pro: Painting and Finishing
 Don't Judge This Book By Its Cover: When you look at the cover of this book, what does the largest photo show? A man painting an interior wall of a room. And what is the book title? Painting and Finishing. And the first bulleted caption line on the cover [... more]
$19.95
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Create Your Own Caulk Color
It's white, gray occasionally a dazzling shade of, well, beige. But now, caulk like Skittles is available in all the colors of the rainbow for coordinating with paint, tiles, and countertops. Red Devil's Create-a-Color Caulk Coloring System ... [... more]
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Choosing and Using Paint Sprayers
Pros: Inexpensive (quality models start at $100); better ones have enough pressure (1,800 to 2,400 psi) to handle thick latex paints as well as stains. Cons: Don't have power or capacity for big jobs; least expensive models (1,400 to 1,600 psi) ... [... more]
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How to Strip Years of Paint Off a House
To penetrate and remove the 10 layers of paint on the siding and trim at the Winchester project, painting contractor Jim Clark (shown here) and his crew used a newly developed, non-caustic stripper that breaks the bond between paint and wood. ... [... more]
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5 Things We Hate About Painting
Roll & Release roller frame and Even Load & Roll tray Edge-n-Roll tool Zibra brushes with birch handles Zibra brushes with triangular heads You know those headaches you sometimes get after painting a room? They aren't necessarily the result of ... [... more]
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Norm's Notebook: Masking Tape
No one wants the dust from sanding or demolition to spread all over the rest of the house. That why in any room I'm working in, I cover each opening with a sheet of 6-mil plastic and seal around the entire opening, including the floor, with ... [... more]
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Norm's Notebook: Paintbrush Care
I need good control when I'm applying a finish, so I pinch the ferrule between my thumb and first two fingers. For the final feathering strokes that smooth the finish, I switch to a more delicate grip farther up the handle, as I do here. For the ... [... more]
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Modeler's Guide to Realistic Painting & Finishing ...
Features: Kalmbach Realistic Painting & Finishing - 12257 KAL Some Great Stuff!: My modeling interest these days is pretty much limited to model railroads but is sure wish I had had this book in my younger days when everything was fair game. It is a [... more]
$16.95
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Painting and Finishing Techniques (Osprey Modelling)
Author: Kevin Kuster Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 355 EAN: 9781846032639 ISBN: 1846032636 Number Of Pages: 80 Publication Date: 2009-08-18 Release Date: 2009-08-18 [... more]
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Painting & Finishing Military Figures
Painting & Finishing Military Figures [... more]
$23.70
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Painting and Finishing Scale Models (Scale modeling ...
Painting and Finishing Scale Models (Scale modeling handbook) [... more]
$2.24
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