First off let me say, "Wow!" I just bought my first home and ran into a question, and found this place. It looks to have lots of useful information. Hopefully, one day, once I learn some stuff I will be able to help out instead of just asking questions and looking rediculous. My knowledge of repair type stuff is..... well, rather limited. And that's being polite. Here's my question/situation. Its about walls, so I guess it goes here. If its better off someplace else (plumbing?) let me know. My wife and I decided to paint the inside of all the closets in our new place since they were rather marked and dirty. While wiping them down, I ran across three red stains on the pine (I think its pine, its some kind of soft wood) baseboard over the drywall. They are about the size of a quarter, nickel and dime. As I wiped them, I merely suceeded in smearing them, so I thought them a regular stain and would just paint over them. When I got to painting down at the bottom, I merely spread it more, turning it into pink smears in the white paint. It wasn't until I really tried to clean it off that I realized these stains were returning. I would wipe them completely off, only to have them return in literally seconds, using a variety of cleaners. The curious thing is though, that they don't spread. They stay where they are and at the same size. So far anyway. We are only up on weekends to clean and fix up the place for now. And, its not a copper or rust color, it is a bright, pure red. Short of cutting out the area and looking behind it, I have no clue what it could be or what to do about it. Any thoughts as to what it might be? Initially, I was thinking water, but the color is odd (unless there is some red printing being pulled through the wood or drywall) and it isn't spreading as I would think water was. The basement is unfinished and looking up from under neath the closet, there is no sign of the color or other water damage. Although the master bath is above it, with some mildly loose tile, I really don't think that's it (although maybe once we run the shower, it will get worse?) But as I said, I am at a loss as to what it might be. Please, don't tell me I have a daed body plastered into my wall. ;)

This is probably a rookie question but I don't know how to tape the corners where the ceiling corner meets the corner of the wall. Is there a trick to making the corner smooth? I would appreciate any suggestions.