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n. - Coloring used to cover the exterior woodwork of a residence.

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  • Carlos painted sesame street characters in scenes from German history in thick layers of housepaint he bought in bulk from a hardware store.
  • Samuel Schimek gives found items - gnomes, owls - a coat of housepaint and translates them into repeating digital images.
  • Methylene chloride will remove that kind of paint -- I used it to strip seven layers of housepaint plus two layers of automotive from my first car, a VW bug.
  • You could even leave your door natural wood if you choose a housepaint color and a color for the inside of the panels next to the natural wood door that coordinate.
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