How to Paint Interiors and Exteriors

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Review the painting techniques below before you start working. Each topic can be printed for easy reference.

Interior Painting Tips

Painter's 101—the low-down on loading brushes and painting ceilings and walls.

Exterior Painting Tips

Tried and true techniques for covering exterior siding, plus cures for common paint problems.

Painting

Prepping

Clean Up

Start Your Project

Beauty and performance

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Choose Valspar interior and exterior paints and primers.

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Comfortably classic

Traditional interiors combine classicism with comfort.

Traditional

Explore the opportunity

Digitally visualize before you paint a room with colours and combinations online for bathrooms, bedrooms, kids rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, living rooms, halls, foyers, and home exteriors.

Try thousands of paint colour combinations online in a range of rooms.

Paint online

Computer screens and printers vary in how colours are displayed. Colours which display on the screen and printed colours may not match the paint's actual colour. Please visit a local retailer to view actual colour samples before making a final selection of a paint colour.

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