do I need primer for this?

Question

I am planning on painting my bedroom. It is now a VERY light green to a caramel color. Do I need to prime for that? I know I may need more than one coat if I dont prime.
Thanks!

Answer 1

My response assumes latex paints are being used.

You should not need to prime your walls if they are already painted. A good wipe down, handprints and other greasy areas will not cover well. Magic marker, mildew are other things that will show right through your new paint. This may require a treatment of killz or similar product.

Buy the best quality paint your retailer sells, cheaper paint will cost you the same by the time you get it covered. Use good brushes and rollers. No one can guaranty you one coat application, that depends on the base, the paint you are using, rollers and your skill.

Remove switchplates and outlet covers. You should kill the breaker to that room if you are the type that cannot resist accidently touching those pretty copper parts inside there. Use some wide blue painters tape to cover over the outlets and switches, dont touch the pretty copper parts when doing this.

If you have registers on the walls that are to be painted, you may want to remove them as they are hard to get covered and you may do better painting them with them off on a bench covered with newspapers. When you put them back up, make sure the vents are oriented so as to block your view into the vent opening. If you leave them up, paint them when you are doing the cut in. It will take a couple tries to get all those little fins covered reasonably well.

By starting with a clean wall, spackle any nail holes, clean any dirty areas, use a killz on anything like marker, mildew etc. and then using good paint and tools, you are giving it your best shot. Dont forget good lighting and drop cloths.

I like to do the "cut in" first, that is, trimming around things, doing in the corners etc.. For this I use a 2" angled brush near trim, a little bigger to get all corners and come out a couple inches from the corner. Then you can go to town with a roller. Mask off anything to not be painted, wood work etc. if worried about your steady hand. I prefer to not mask, take my time at cut in. To me, the danger of masking tape is, it lets you get messy, then, paint can run under the tape and it may dry there before you know it. Go slow, keep a wet rag handy and I get the best results this way.

If it's not done, I like to caulk all areas where wall meets trim, woodwork etc. This avoids having those little dark "crack" areas between the painted wall and the trim, be it natural trim or painted trim, it really helps make the job look first rate. Use a caulking gun, and white latex painters caulk. Very cheap way to insure your job looks professional when done. Cut the tip fairly small and at a angle. Hold the tip to the crack and gently squeeze caulk into the gap as you drag the tip along the crack. Follow up with paper towels to wipe off the excess leaving caulk only down IN the crack, not out on the wall or trim.

Look for paint tools like the little one handed trimming bucket and paint trays that use throw away liners. Buy yourself a paint brush spinner for spinning dry your brushes and rollers after you rinse them thoroughly.

1. clean
2. caulk
3. cut in
4. roll

sit back and enjoy.

Answer 2

Since you are going from a lighter to darker color you probably won't need to prime. Most problems come from going the other way. One thing to consider is will two coats cost more then a prime and top coat. Most of the have a little sample that they will make for you(about a coffee cup size) its usually only a few dollars and you can test the coverage and see how the color actually looks on the walls.

Answer 3

I always use a primer/sealer when I paint. One reason is that the color I am painting will be the "true" color and not influenced by the former color. Primer/sealers also prevent bleed-through. Most stores will tint the primer close to the color you are painting.

Answer 4

use primer, the paint will have less of a tendency to peel if you use primer and your time is worth the $20 of primer

Answer 5

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