When selecting either an interior or exterior paint for your home, industry terms can confuse consumers. Acrylic, oil-based, water-based, low-VOC, all of these descriptions can keep the average ...

After a big painting or staining project it's easy to shuffle away and hide the paint cans in storage, but before you do that, Make Magazine user Craig Smith suggests you label the cans with the ...

Warning: The warning labels on some household products may be inadequate to protect users` health from potential damage by insidious chemicals. Almost all concerned–many manufacturers and mar… ...

Few homeowners bother reading the tiny print on the paint can label, but they should. There's a wealth of information printed right on the can that can help you produce a beautiful paint job.

If more than six months has passed and you’d rather buy a new can than risk having to repaint multiple times, dispose of the paint but save (or take a picture of) the label so you can get ...

What am I doing wrong? I follow the directions on the label of the paint can to the letter. Is it the paint? Is it something I’m doing wrong? Is it just the weather where I live?

Warning: The warning labels on some household products may be inadequate to protect users` health from potential damage by insidious chemicals. Almost all concerned–many manufacturers and mar… ...

Are you frustrated with peeling exterior paint? Maybe it’s a fence, a picnic table, a bench, your house siding, a shed, outdoor furniture or a pergola. You might also share Jan’s misfortune.

Consumer Reports tells you when leftover paint is past its prime, how to dispose of it safely, and which interior paints rise to the top of our tests.

Since the 1920s, the lead industry had organized to fight bans, restrictions, even warnings on paint-can labels. It had marketed the deadly product to children and parents, spreading the lie that ...