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Hey everyone - I was asked to give an estimate on repainting a kitchen.
This is a brand new house - and the painting contractor was A++! Normally I walk into houses seeing awful jobs - this time I am like - I am going to work hard to duplicate the quality. Anyways the walls are perfect - I think this guy even used a strainer for the paint - it's just soooo clean, even B&M paint
has crap in it - fresh from the paint shop.
So my question is, brand new paint job in eggshell, customer wants a different color. The problem is the color I have to go over is a yellow - like a muralo 'flaxen' yellow. If my memory serves me correctly yellows are hard to cover. I asked a fellow painter, and he said he thought they were hard to cover with, but ok to cover with another paint. What if any are your experiences folks?
The next question - she wants to go over in green, and I know this paint is hard to cover with. Do you think 2 coats would cover? If not - tinted primer coat? This kitchen is huge, and a 3rd coat of paint could make the job very costly. And less likely to get the job.
And how about sanding this paint job? My friend seems to think that sanding won't improve adhesion very much - and since it's in perfect condition, no nick-nacks whatsoever. That I shouldn't bother sanding before applying a new coat of paint. This is eggshell, it has a sheen, and I was trained to dull a surface - especially if has cured for more than a month before putting up new paint. What do you all think? Will 100% acrylics adhere fine to this kind of paint job. Am I a dinosaur for thinking sanding is necessary prep work even if there are no nick-nacks that need being poll-sanded off?
-PlainPainter
This is a brand new house - and the painting contractor was A++! Normally I walk into houses seeing awful jobs - this time I am like - I am going to work hard to duplicate the quality. Anyways the walls are perfect - I think this guy even used a strainer for the paint - it's just soooo clean, even B&M paint
has crap in it - fresh from the paint shop.
So my question is, brand new paint job in eggshell, customer wants a different color. The problem is the color I have to go over is a yellow - like a muralo 'flaxen' yellow. If my memory serves me correctly yellows are hard to cover. I asked a fellow painter, and he said he thought they were hard to cover with, but ok to cover with another paint. What if any are your experiences folks?
The next question - she wants to go over in green, and I know this paint is hard to cover with. Do you think 2 coats would cover? If not - tinted primer coat? This kitchen is huge, and a 3rd coat of paint could make the job very costly. And less likely to get the job.
And how about sanding this paint job? My friend seems to think that sanding won't improve adhesion very much - and since it's in perfect condition, no nick-nacks whatsoever. That I shouldn't bother sanding before applying a new coat of paint. This is eggshell, it has a sheen, and I was trained to dull a surface - especially if has cured for more than a month before putting up new paint. What do you all think? Will 100% acrylics adhere fine to this kind of paint job. Am I a dinosaur for thinking sanding is necessary prep work even if there are no nick-nacks that need being poll-sanded off?
-PlainPainter