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Practical painting advice written for South Carolina houses and South Carolina weather.
FeaturedThe national answer is seven to ten years. In the Midlands it is usually shorter, and the reason has more to do with what side of the house you are looking at than the calendar.
InsightsSheen is not a style choice, it is a durability choice. Here is the plain version of which finish goes on which surface, and why the wrong one shows every flaw in the wall.
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InsightsPaint bonds to a surface, not to what is sitting on the surface. In this humidity, that distinction is the difference between a coat that lasts a decade and one that peels in two years.
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InsightsRefinishing costs a fraction of replacement and looks close to new, but only when the boxes underneath are worth keeping. Here is how to tell which situation you are in.
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