51.   If so, when you paint the door leave the storm off until the paint is thorougly cured, a matter of a week or so.

52.   If the ceiling paint is fairly fresh, you might get away with painting just the shellacked stain area.

53.   If the existing paint is gloss or semi-gloss, it can be roughed up slightly with sandpaper.

54.   IBM, which says the paint is biodegradable and will wash away, decided to pull the campaign in San Francisco anyway.

55.   If the paint is latex, try Goof-Off, sold in hardware stores, and designed to remove latex paint from any surface without ruining the surface.

56.   If the paint is too thick, you can thin it with a mixture of Damar varnish and turpentine.

57.   If the cans are unopened and not rusted away, chances are the paint is good.

58.   If the paint is latex, you can use Goof-Off, sold in hardware stores, to remove the spots without affecting the original finish.

59.   In other areas, both brick and concrete, the paint is fine.

60.   It falsely assumes that removing lead-based paint would be too expensive, they say.