I want to paint over the faux finish in my dining room. I do not know what type of faux finish was used, it has orange background and dark brown looking sponge on top. Question: Should i prim it then paint? (i want it to be red). Thanks ************Moderator Note*********** This post has been edited. email address has been removed. email addresses are not allowed in the forums both for your own protection against spam and to keep conversations visible to everyone so we can all benefit from the information & ideas exchanged. thank you.

Hi there. We're painting our kitchen ourselves, after having had a professional remodeling job. Two questions: I did two coats of Zinsser Bulls-Eye 1-2-3 primer/sealer on the whole room, as the walls and ceiling were mostly bare drywall. Then the next day I got my husband to help with the actual painting. He started to put painter's tape on the ceiling where it meets a wall before I could say "are you sure that's not going to peel off the paint?" and of course it did. So now we have about a foot-long strip of peelage up there on the ceiling. Looks like your shoulders about a week getting a sunburn so bad it blistered. What's the best way to clean/patch it up so that I can re-prime and then paint? I don't want to do anything that will cause it to peel out more. Do I just sand it down? What grit? Also, I've decided I don't like one of the paint colors I used in there. It's a Glidden acrylic high-gloss, and the paint chip from the store looked like a very pale peach but on the wall it looks like a very pale yellow. So I want to go back over it. I've found a Ralph Lauren color that's more along the lines of what I want. The question is, since the yellowy Glidden is hi-gloss, do I have to prime it all again, or can I go straight over it? Does it make a difference if the Ralph Lauren I plan to put over it is hi-gloss or semi-gloss? The only reason the Glidden was hi-gloss is the store was out of the semi-gloss base and I decided it didn't matter, but I'd just as soon go back to semi-gloss if I have to paint it all over again anyway. Thanks a lot for any help---you guys were a big help about a year ago when we were prepping our old house for sale!