I just turned on the heat for the first time and noticed a burning smell coming from the air vents. It was enough to set off the smoke alarms, which beeped for a few seconds. Any idea What it could be? It doesn't occur with the AC set to cooling.
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why are you turning on your heat in mid-august?
How can I tell if I've used enough primer to move on to paint?
Valspar pain and primer in one from Lowe's might be a good idea at this point. What color are you planning for the walls? Very dark might require two coats but otherwise one coat of the paint I mentioned would probably do it. Good luck
Valspar pain and primer in one from Lowe's might be a good idea at this point. What color are you planning for the walls? Very dark might require two coats but otherwise one coat of the paint I mentioned would probably do it. Good luck
thanks! on first thought it seems that might be primer overkill but those "paint and primer in ones" are really just high coverage paints. So that is not a bad idea. I'll be going with a light color, probably a pale sage green.
I like to do a base coat of plain primer, then add a tinted primer as BacktoBack mentioned for the second coat. Generally, two coats of primer will allow you to only do one coat of paint if you get good coverage. Zinsser is the worst primer I've ever used, mainly because of the smell. I bought it once, and have never used it again. On the bright side, our house was bug free for a few weeks after using it.
So you would do a plain primer, then a tinted primer, then paint? BacktoBack just mentioned using the paint & primer in one.
When going from a dark color to a light color definitely. The extra coat of primer helps ensure the paint color you pick out will be the final red color. Its not as vital if you are going light to light, or dark to dark, but really makes a difference when drastically changing colors.
I like to do a base coat of plain primer, then add a tinted primer as BacktoBack mentioned for the second coat. Generally, two coats of primer will allow you to only do one coat of paint if you get good coverage. Zinsser is the worst primer I've ever used, mainly because of the smell. I bought it once, and have never used it again. On the bright side, our house was bug free for a few weeks after using it.
If you just put the red on top of the white primer, the red will dry lighter than what you intended. You can fix that by adding another coat of the red paint, or by tinting the 2nd coat of primer with some of that paint color. A lot of places will tint the primer for free, but when I'm shopping at those that charge a fee, I just go: white then mixed then final color paint.red?
And jeez. I know I said I want to do this right, but I'd rather not have to buy two more kinds of paint.
If you just put the red on top of the white primer, the red will dry lighter than what you intended. You can fix that by adding another coat of the red paint, or by tinting the 2nd coat of primer with some of that paint color. A lot of places will tint the primer for free, but when I'm shopping at those that charge a fee, I just go: white then mixed then final color paint.