Well, I'm repainting my room right now, and I ran into a slight problem. The last time I painted my room, I painted all of the walls white, and on the last wall, I like splattered the paint on, and whipped the paint at the wall. When I painted over the wall with the white, the bumps from the paint came through on the first coat. What should I do so that these bumps don't show up when I paint the walls my last color?
2007-03-09 12:22:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Claywlon above is right. You have to sand down the wall(s), either with a sandblock (sandpaper on a plastic block, available at any hardware/home improvement store, like Home Depot or Lowe's, U.S.); it's quicker and easier if you get an inexpensive electric hand sander (please remember to use a mask, don't want the particles to enter your lungs) and lightly, very lightly, sand the wall. After sanding, use a good primer: Kilz, Benz, etc. then paint whatever latex (finish won't matter) you like. Beware, though, with an electric sander, if you sand too much, you will have to re-plaster the wall. Good luck, it's easy with a non-electric hand sander, just more pain staking:)
2007-03-09 12:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by leslie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny how we go through life gaining knowledge at every turn and yet there are many things that are best learned through hands-on experience. I am not a professional painter. I have painted walls before and if the surface is not prepped the paint will not cover the way you want it to. Get yourself some extrafine grit sandpaper and carefully sand down the bumps of paint. Get some primer paint and primer coat; 1 coat is sufficient; the surface to be painted. Let the primer coat dry. Now apply a coat of paint and I bet you are pleased with your result. Now have a beer and admire your work. Have at it Rembrandt!
2007-03-09 12:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by WVJaybird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a scrapper from home depot(99 cents) and scrap the bumps off, or sand the bumps off with sandpaper so its nice and smooth don't worry about hurting the wall or anything because you will just be painting over it so once you do that you will have to put 1 more coat on that wall then you did all the other walls because it won't have the white under it like the other walls. or you could put a basic primer coat once you've done the sanding and then use the color you have picked out.
2007-03-09 12:28:34 · answer #3 · answered by jon f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take some sandpaper and sand down the bumps that you feel by running your hand over it, after that you'll need to primer the wall again, that way you do not have places that are lighter or darker because of the sanding, and then paint it your finally color.
2007-03-09 15:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can sand those bumps off after they dry completely or you can use a stain killing primer like Kilz (which is commonly available at any paint store).
2007-03-09 12:27:07 · answer #5 · answered by claywlong 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to give it an awesome look and prevent this if you're the creative type then i recomend you:
crumble up a PLASTIC bag dip it in paint
then keep pressing the plasic bag on the wall it gives it a cool look and eliminates your problems
have fun!!!
2007-03-09 12:28:38 · answer #6 · answered by gio1991a 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sand them down with sand paper.
2007-03-09 12:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by Allie400 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ur gonna have to like use paint remover and get that splaters off then repaint
2007-03-09 12:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by abercrombie_cheer_chic34 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sand paper them down ,now.... clean, dry , and apply the final coats!!!!
don't roll the roller too fast thats how you get "overspray"
2007-03-09 12:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by DOC Holliday 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋