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all vinyl · 11-20-2007, 07:33 PM

I"m having a discustion with another painter .T question is do you have to prime a sheetrock wall that has flat paint on inorder to put cranbury collor paint on without it bleeding through . I understand that the wall should be painted with a gray primer first . I'M looking to the pro"s

Joewho · 11-20-2007, 07:42 PM

Gray primer is the number 1 method for anything that will have red over it.

DeanV · 11-20-2007, 08:10 PM

The old color really does not bleed through anything. The question is: does the red color cover adequately. It has to do with the tints in the red paint, not the flat paint on the wall. A grey color on the wall does not take as many coats to cover as white would. I have been a fan of a high hiding red primer and then topcoating with red paint. Lately though, Aura seems to be working pretty good in the reds.

KellyPainting · 11-20-2007, 09:31 PM

Yes, grey primer. What you are trying to achieve is called "true color".

daArch · 11-20-2007, 10:38 PM

my personal preference was to prime as close to the color of the finish coat as possible.

Some deep colors just do not have as much pigment as mids and pastels, therefore it's more important to prime close to the color.

all vinyl · 11-21-2007, 12:28 AM

I just finished painting the ascent wall burgundy and the rest in popcorn yellow Benny more the gray primer took three coats to cover but it came out really nice. I agree with the tinted primer as close to the color i use but burgundy I have never used . THE gray did give it true deeper color . thanks for the help . I remember now why I don't paint I try to make everything perfect like molding. HAPPY THANKSGIVING

regal · 11-21-2007, 08:21 PM

Aura Aura Aura 2coats, any color, darker the better, yes darker the better! buy some, try some. Im tellin ya!

DeanV · 11-21-2007, 08:35 PM

I use Aura in BM bricktone red today, over white walls primed with coverstain. It almost covered in one coat, if I put it a little thicker on the cut-in, it would have.

regal · 11-21-2007, 08:55 PM

yeah! Dean dont put on that first coat thicker, just "wash in" the light areas after. They will blend perfectly.

plazaman · 11-21-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by regal

yeah! Dean dont put on that first coat thicker, just "wash in" the light areas after. They will blend perfectly.

What do you mean "wash in"?

On my flip house we did tinted primer and 1 top coat. when we top coated, we cut in , then took a small roller and rolled close as possible , wet on wet . is that wash in?

regal · 11-21-2007, 09:13 PM

no Aura has to be dry you can not wet on wet. You actually have to cut the whole room in let it dry,(it dries fast, but very workable) and then roll.when I say wash in I mean not to much paint on the bristles and sort of blend feather at the same time. (You just dont want to make it to thick) remember also, you cant thin Aura. You have to try it.