I'm in the process of painting over some loud colors in both of my kids rooms. I bought some primer and have put a coat on...is it supposed to COMPLETELY cover the paint (in this case, blue)? I can still see some color coming through. Or when I put the real color on will it cover everything and look ok? I hate painting.
a. you might need two coats b. do not sniff the paint c. wallpaper is an option after you butcher the wall d. you could also mix corn syrup in with the paint to make it higher in syrupy substance
If you are going from darker to lighter, always make sure it is completely covered by the primer. Or else, it will seem like dark patches on the wall if you don't.
I just painted over black and pink 6 inch vertical stripes and didn't use any primer at all. I was concerned after the first coat, but I just put a second good coat and everything was covered. But what colors you are painting over and what new color you're painting on make a difference.
If you aren't sure of the answers you get here, go to a sherwin williams store and ask them. They can offer advice. They helped me in the past, but my question for them was stupid simple.
The answer to this depends on the color you are putting over the old bright colors. If it is a similar color only lighter, you should be fine. If it's something completely different in a different tone you probably need another coat. The other option is to color your primer so that it's a transition from your old bright colors to your new color. And don't buy cheap paint... get the good thick stuff like Behr for the actual color you are going to end up with.
I'm using Behr. The old color was a columbia blue type color. The new color is a light shade of green. I've primed most of the room, but it's not a solid white like I thought it would be. I can still see the blue under it. This is the first time I've had to use primer.
I would say depending on how deep the color blue was you are probably okay to paint the green over it. If you want, shoot a pic of it and the paint chip for the new color and I can probably tell you if it's necessary for a another coat of primer. I'm not an expert but I've painted over a lot of dark colored rooms. I like deep and textured colors... so I have had a lot of experience with primers.
*Thread Hijack* Sorry My girlfriend and her friends spackled a wall in our daughter's room and then proceeded to paint over the spackled areas without sanding these areas. Now you can see what appear to be raised areas or smears in the paint. What is the best method to go about fixing these?
So basically sand the smears and repaint? I figured where the sanding occurred would appear lighter once repainting was done. Is that not the case?
Yeah because it will not have as many coats or coverage as the other places. How many total coats? You might be able to put like 2 on just the smears then put one or 2 on the entire wall
Sand the funky area, spackle again, sand... paint over the affected area with new color before you do the trim, so then it's dry by the time you go to do the rolling. That way you end up with two coats over the affected area and should balance out the color.
