Primer Necessary?
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09-14-12, 04:08 PM
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Primer Necessary?
Going from a medium mint green to a sky blue, is primer necessary? If so will the primer paint gallon do it? Or one at a time. Thank You in advance for any help.
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09-14-12, 04:11 PM
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As long as you're going from latex to latex or latex to oil paint, you should be fine without a primer (in my head, medium green is not very dark). That said, are you trying to cover any stains? If so, a sealing primer would be a good idea.
Personally, I do not use the primer and paint combination products, I stick to each separately.
From where are you getting your paint? Better products and service tend to come from paint stores than paint departments in larger stores.
Personally, I do not use the primer and paint combination products, I stick to each separately.
From where are you getting your paint? Better products and service tend to come from paint stores than paint departments in larger stores.
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09-14-12, 04:34 PM
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Thank You for the quick response. Latex to Latex, there is some border that was painted over put still seems to bleed thru the green. Should I just get a quart of kilz to cover the border, and go over the rest with paint?
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Then latex over that, is fine? It would not be obvious where I put the kiilz and where I did not when I put the sky blue paint on?
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09-15-12, 05:40 AM
The new latex paint will dry slower over the primer but once it's dry it should all look the same. If there are any coverage issues a 2nd coat of paint will fix it.
Is this border a wall paper type border? or stenciling?
Is this border a wall paper type border? or stenciling?
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09-15-12, 12:08 PM
It's not a great idea to paint over wallpaper but the more paint that has been applied to it, the harder it is to remove. Assuming the border is well adhered, I'd add a little bit of joint compound at the edge of the border to help make it disappear. The j/c will need to be primed but if that's the only thing needing primer and you don't already have primer on hand - you can get by with thinning a little bit of the finish paint [about 10%] and using it to prime the j/c.
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