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What Will Remove Latex Paint Spots From Aluminum Siding?

Aluminum house siding protects your home from the elements without becoming water logged or rotten. To keep the aluminum siding looking clean, remove stains as soon as they occur -- including latex paint that may have dripped. The longer paint spots sit on aluminum siding, the harder they'll be to r

3-D Visualization and Render Farms

Large groups of computers can work together to save time in creating 3-D Visualizations. But there are little-known minus points to this issue. Read about them in this article.

How to Paint a Masonite Board

Masonite boards are strong, smooth and lightweight panels that are frequently used as an alternative to canvas for oil and acrylic painting. One side of the panel is hard and smooth, while the other side is rougher. A Masonite board is usually mounted to 1-by-1-inch stock that fit the perimeter of t

The Best Way to Stain a Large Deck

If you are going to be staining your deck, there are several ways it can be done. The quickest and easiest way is to spray on your choice of stain using either a garden sprayer or an airless spray gun. Rolling it on is another way to apply it quickly, and although they may be the fastest ways to app

Types of Acrylic Paint

While there are many different types of acrylics, there are three primary paint grades, or levels of quality, to keep in mind when selecting paint: student, artist and professional. The paint quality is largely determined by considerations such as pigment concentration and lightfastness, or resistan

How to Buy an Electric Paint Sprayer

Electric paint sprayers make painting a room much quicker and easier than using a roller. They cover a greater amount of space in a shorter amount of time and can reach surfaces that other tools can't such as grill work. They come in different sizes, price ranges and strengths. Oftentimes airless el

After Effects Shapes

What's crazy about shapes in After Effects is the same tools you use to draw shapes will draw masks if you have a layer selected depending on what kind of object is on that layer. It is worth noting that, that is all there is to it. If you intended to draw and shape, and see that you are drawin

Problems Getting Heat Transfers to Stick

Heat transfers are pieces of specialized paper that have ink printed on them for the purpose of transferring the ink to a shirt or other cloth medium. The art of transferring takes some practice. Therefore, it is wise to buy a few extra transfers and have a few extra practice shirts to work on, in o

10 Easy Steps To Stretch Watercolor Paper

When painting on lightweight watercolor paper it is necessary to first stretch the paper to keep it flat and prevent buckling. Here are some easy step-by-step instructions that work. 1. Gather together the following equipment: ...

How to Paint Galvanized Steel Panels

Galvanized steel panels are coated with a protective layer of zinc that helps to make the surface resistant to oxidation and rust. Unfortunately, this coating also makes the metal highly resistant to paint adhesion. Paint will not adhere to any galvanized metallic surface unless the surface is abrad

How to Draw Bamboo Trees

Drawing trees can be a daunting task for any cartoonist as most cartoonists focus on drawing the cartoon characters rather than on the background items, such as plants and trees. Drawing bamboo trees requires just a little knowledge about the anatomy of a tree. Get out your pen and ink and get ready