What's the best way to paint over dark blue high gloss paint?

Question

I'm moving into a house where the previous tenant had some sort of nautical thing going on in the bedroom. It has dark blue gloss paint, deep, deep blue and very, very shiny! It's just got to go. What's the best way of tackling it?

Answer 1

Get a primer in what ever color you are changing it to. It will cut down time tremendously!

Answer 2

Sand it down first.. some gloss finishes can cause flaking of your new paint over time and you will see the blue coming through.

The best way is to sand it down first, to take away the glossy finish, and perhaps even some of the paint. then go back over the wall with a primer. Wait for it to dry! then go back with your favorite color.

I once sanded down a wall for a friend, that had some really nasty flat chocolate brown on it... I sanded but leaft a little shade of the paint on the wall and it blended nicely with the natural wood underneath.. it made it look really rich. I decided to forget the paint. and just go with a sealer. looks nice.

Answer 3

If you want to do the job properly take the paint off. You could use a paint stripper to remove it. Then sandpaper it to get a smooth surface. Next you can use a primer, but if you like you can just use an undercoat and then the top coat of your chosen colour. If you do this the finished result will look better and will wear better and last longer.

Answer 4

take a chip of the paint to a paint store. not a walmart a paint store. Ask what kind of paint it is and they can help you. It sounds like you will need to use a product like KILZ on it because of the shiny aspect you may have to sand it first.

Answer 5

First you ought to make certain what style of paint is on the cloth cabinet. whether it is oil based you ought to color your stripe with oil based paint. Oil based paint will stick to latex paint yet latex won't bond to grease based paints. in case you won't be able to make certain this style of paint on the cloth cabinet, get you some oil based Kilz and paint the stripe. Then paint your stripe with an oil based paint. continuously be confident your paint is dry between coates. you do no longer ought to sand with this equipment.

Answer 6

Yes a primer

There is a product called Kilnz. It's a primer that will cover anything, usually in 1 coat.

After it dries, paint over it with any color you like.

Answer 7

Use a primer. It's the only thing that will help you paid over dark colors. I mean, you can sand your wall, but do you really want to do that?

Primer is like paint, you put it over, you wait till it's dry and then put the color you want.

Answer 8

you can either sand it down to take away the gloss to paint over it or the easy way is to prime the wall.
Hope this helped! Good luck!

Answer 9

good rubdown, sandpaper on the flat, wire wool on mouldings, break the gloss. then 2 undercoats & 2 topcoats.

Answer 10

you don't want to stack more paint on it so you need to scrape the old paint off. then you could do the color you want.