Patches made with traditional patching materials must be primed with a sealing-type primer before painting. Otherwise, the patched areas could show foggy spots throughout the finished paint job. But ...

Achieved by spraying, troweling, or rolling drywall compound onto your walls and then "knocking it down" with a knockdown knife, this texture originated in the early 1990s. While the texture's ...

Q:My husband and I just bought a house that has a "skip-trough" finish on the interior walls. We would like to make the walls smooth and then repaint them. One friend advised us to apply joint ...

Q How can I apply spray foam along the edges of my basement wall where the floor frame meets exterior walls? On two walls the ...

Small holes are quick and easy to fix with joint compound and a putty knife. Medium and large holes are more extensive and also require a piece of drywall to use as a patch. Both the prep and ...

Q. I was removing an ugly ceramic tile backsplash in my kitchen. Some of the drywall paper came off with the old glue. It looks horrible. A home center employee told me I have to put in new drywall.

Q: I was removing an ugly ceramic tile backsplash in my kitchen. Some of the drywall paper came off with the old glue. It looks horrible. A home center employee told me I have to put in new drywall.