Many years ago we painter the coving in our lounge a dark green (Farrow & Ball). SWMBO now wants it a light beige.
Any tips for blocking out the green before the beige. Is just a few coats of white emulsion the only way?
Covering dark paint
Oct 09, 2020
Last reply: 5 years ago
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It took years to realise the mistake ? :-)
Try stain-block paint.
White undercoat is designed to be thick on TiO2, may get better/quicker coverage that way.
NT
What is the coving made of? A lot of mine is polystyrene, and in one room there had been a water leak leaving a brownish hue. it was a difficult thing to cover. As you say many coats of emulsion did, in the end fix it. Hopefully its not come back I'd never know!
Brian
"Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:rlrm3u$s49$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
It is not polystyrene - Plaster sections. I have polystyrene in another room - I think the builder "forgot" to do it - so I did .
Lining paper?
three coats of F & B emulsion will cover anything
3 coats of any decent emulsion will cover anything for far less.
The right paint will get that to 2 coats. At a pinch I've managed 1 coat, but not with emulsion.
NT
Jimk snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@brightview.co.uk:
It took about 3 coats to get the deep matt green we wanted at the time.
Exactly. I've repainted most of this house last year and 3 (fairly thin rolled on) coats was what it took to achieve a color change of any sort.
So even if you start with white it will show through 2 coats.
"We" wanted. Do you mean indoor management wanted ?
As long as it's the same colour? :-D
On coving? Rriigghhtt.....
Whoosh
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