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Painting Old Basement
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04-23-2009, 10:28 AM
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Pro
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Painting Old Basement
Hi, will be painting an old basement for a h/o who is selling house, she just wants it cleaned up nothing expensive. What paint do you recommend for the walls they have been previously painted although there are traces of water seepage but not really too bad would I get away with a latex coating or will it have to be an oil
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04-23-2009, 02:10 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
latex might bleed, I guess it would depend on the amount of water stains.
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04-23-2009, 03:05 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
I thought that, how does promar 200 flat oil sound as a cost effective solution
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04-23-2009, 03:18 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
still might have to prime some of the water spots. Maybe you could just roll 2 coats of coverstain or some other primer on it and get a uniform looking finish without a topcoat. Maybe an exterior latex would work also.
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04-23-2009, 03:27 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
I'm open to all suggestions,she just wants it cleaned up for selling and looking half decent oh and btw she wants it white
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04-23-2009, 05:25 PM
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vandy
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Re: Painting Old Basement
kill the stains with something oil based like Coverstain, SW Problock etc...
top coat with Promar 200 flat. *if you are going to be applying an oil based stain killer in quantity, wear a respirator. If you don't own a cartridge type respirator, include enough in the price to cover it, 
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04-23-2009, 05:30 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
Agree with everyone here except the SW ProBlock. Water stains will still bleed through. Use a Zinnser oil product to seal the water spots. I just painted a house that had water stains from a leaky roof. ProBlock didn't help at all.
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04-23-2009, 05:34 PM
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vandy
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Re: Painting Old Basement
did you use to oil based ProBlock? I have never had a stain, water or otherwise bleed through the oil based.
Everything bleeds through the latex problock though. |
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04-23-2009, 05:42 PM
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Nepster
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Re: Painting Old Basement
That could have been it. I used the latex ProBlock and the oil Zinnser.
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04-23-2009, 06:15 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
how about kilz oil primer from h/d $54 per 5gal
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Navigation?Ntt=kilz+oil+primer&Ntk=AllProps&N=1000 0003+10072007&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&langId =-1&omni=p_$50%20-%20100 |
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04-23-2009, 06:18 PM
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04-23-2009, 06:30 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
Uh-huh!
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04-23-2009, 07:04 PM
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vandy
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Re: Painting Old Basement
the Kilz oil primer should work just fine for your purpose. you need that oil base to kill those stains.
just make sure that it is designed to kill stains though and not just an oil based primer 
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04-23-2009, 07:05 PM
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vandy
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Re: Painting Old Basement
don't forget that respirator
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04-23-2009, 08:10 PM
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A bit abrasive.
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My advice: Hire a real painter to do it. |
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04-23-2009, 08:46 PM
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vandy
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Re: Painting Old Basement
those "lipstick on a pig" jobs aren't the most glamorous, but it's easy money. messy stinky easy money.
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04-23-2009, 08:48 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
I can't believe you guys gave this HO so much attention
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04-23-2009, 08:58 PM
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Pro
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Re: Painting Old Basement
rbs This thread was for my benefit and thanks to everyone who replied
you ! well maybe you had a bad day  Regards David |
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04-23-2009, 09:15 PM
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Re: Painting Old BasementQuote:
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04-23-2009, 09:39 PM
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Re: Painting Old Basement
yes! and your point is
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