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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: net.house (vote: yes, and house question)
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> 2.  There's a large water stain on a plaster ceiling (guess why...)
> My understanding is that water stains bleed thru paint unless you do
> something special -- what?  The old paint is latex and I'd like the new
> top coat, at least, to be latex.  Thanks in advance.

What to do is paint the stain with lacquer--not any other kind of varnish!!
Then paint as usual. The same treatment works for bleeding knots in wood.

Another vote here for net.house!