Q: My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded. I’d love to update it with fresh paint and new hardware, but I’ve heard that you can’t get good results painting over stain. Is ...

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Q: Is it possible to paint over wood stained a dark walnut color? There is so much of it in our house – cabinets, trim and so forth. I don’t want to have to sand them. A: There is no need to sand ...

Q–The cabinets and panels in my kitchen are stained dark brown, with clear finish over the stain. I want to paint over all this wood. I plan to sand and clean the surfaces thoroughly, apply a coat of ...

Natural coloration also affects how stains appear. A stain won’t have much effect on very dark wood species like ebony, but ...

You can save about $800 by staining an average-sized 350-square-foot deck yourself, and about $4,000 if you're refinishing a typical 2,300-square-foot house. But think twice: "Never again!" was the ...

Q: I live in a condo development. The association is requiring owners to paint their patio fences. The fences were made of pretreated wood and were painted gray. The paint has never stayed on very ...

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