Got an old dresser that's covered in ugly, dated paint or stain? Bring it into the 21st century with a few affordable hardware store supplies and some time.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A fresh coat of paint can enliven older homes and apartments, but you need to make sure your walls or furniture are ready for that first coat.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 57th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

For a successful repainting project, it's important to start with the removal of old paint that has peeled, chipped, or bubbled. However, in the past, products designed to strip paint have tended to ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 82nd installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

When you think of paint stripping as merely removing a coating from a base material, it sounds very simple. However, in reality, this process can be messy, time consuming, expensive, and can leave a ...

A car in need of a complete rework of its paint will typically need its existing paint to be removed. If you want the job done right then you'll have to start from the beginning, making sure each step ...