Learn how to paint and finish like a top pro, or how to select the pro to take care of your job

Learn how to use color to enhance your health

Learn how to maximize the life of your new wood

Learn how to restore the paint-holding potential of compromised wood

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Where can a layperson find nearly 200 pages of knowledge about painting and wood finishing written by a trained teacher and widely published writer with 20 years of full-time field experience in the trades? Contemporary Relationships between Wood & Finish is a fun, inspiring, and easy-to-read paperback with 65 photos that will infuse you with confidence as it opens your imagination. The first half eases you into knowledge about wood, primers and sealers, paints, and stains for exterior and interior use. Part two introduces floors, decks, clear and faux finishes, and how to choose colors and select the right tools—or—the right contractor. A dozen case stories are presented and they comprise most of the chapter on faux finishes. The book concludes with a glossary, 7 valuable appendices such as miscellaneous tips and supply sources, and an intuitive index.

Excerpts of the book can be found in the menu and you can even download a 21-page sample. So please browse around, read a story, see what others have said, and take a peek at my monthy column for The Paint Dealer magazine. Thanks for stopping by and good luck with your project!