I have painted a room all crimson and want to change it. Will I need to undercoat first?

Answer 1

You don't say what color you want to put over it. If you're going light and bright, then you do have to prime. But if you're painting over it with another deep rich color, then buy a good quality paint and you won't need to prime again. The only way you MUST re-prime is if you have oil-based paint up there now and want to put up latex.

Otherwise, you don't have to unless you want something lighter and don't want to pay for extra gallons of paint to get the same job done...after all, paint is over $24/gallon and primer is $11/gallon. If you can get the primer to approximate your next color you save money in paint.

Answer 2

Yes, you most definitely will need to "undercoat" as you put it, we call it priming here in the States! If you know what color you want the room to be, you can add a colorant to your primer to aid in arriving to your true color. In other words, if you want your room to be brown, you can add some brown colorant to your primer, which will bring the primer to a tannish color, which will make it easier to arrive to the brown color you want the room to be, when you paint it with your brown paint!...I hope this make sense! It really does work...I do it all the time!

Answer 3

Yes Aprimer coat is needed. Otherwise you probably need two or three or more coats of paint to cover your crimson.

Answer 4

Yes, you should use a white wash paint and then add a new color or else the crimson will show through, even if you paint two coats.

Answer 5

Yes, you should prime first or do three or four coats of paint and then you are taking a chance that you will not get a true color. If you prime, one coat and then paint two of the top color.

Answer 6

You will most definanatly need to use primer, maybe two coats. Then paint, two coats for sure.

I believe Kilz is a good product. Check out their website and save yourself some time.

Answer 7

yep...sorry!! you're gonna have to do probably 2 or 3 coats of primer before applying another color and you'll probably need 2 coats of paint too, depending on the color.

just a suggestion: paint one wall of the room a color and live with it for about a month or so to see if you really like it before changing the whole room and discovering you don't like it. good luck!!

Answer 8

No....but if you use a light color, you may need 3 coats. Use a high quality paint, and it'll make the job go better.

Answer 9

Use a high quality stain blocker (may be two coats if it bleeds through the first coat) and follow with one or two finish coats. Reds, blues, purples are very difficult to cover.

Answer 10

if you need to repaint it with a lighter color, yes you will need to apply 2 coats of primer on the wall before you apply the new paint. if you will repaint w a darker or deeper shade/color, you can paint it directly.