Tools

For each hour spent masking, you'll save eight hours of brushing and get a superior paint jobby Jon Tobey

When you have to take it all off, power tools and chemical strippers make quick work of a nasty jobby Jon Tobey

A professional takes the fear out of sanding and shows how to get great results with waterborne finishesby Charles Peterson

Pressure on the handlebars controls the machine, and the angle of the blades controls the finishby John M. Schnittker

A professional painter's hard-won lessons for applying the ubiquitous wall finishby Byron Papa