Painting...

Meeten

just bought a house (finally), and have decided that the 2-tone purple and silver in the lounge does not suit the new chocolate leather sofas!  At the moment not sure what colour to go for, so thinking ........ paint it white, good base coat and then decide what colour to go for.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what paint (BQ value / Dulux / Crown) to use if it going to be painted over later on?  Also - silk / matt ?? Does it  matter?? ???

Ta,


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shrek101

Personnal I just get some Cheap B&Q undercoat to go over the colours then decide what colours you want.

As for Silk, matt there also sheen which is a mixture between silk (gloss) and matt. I used quite a bit of it a few weeks back (Duluxe soft sheen) I was really pleased with th finish not to glossy. Of course it depends on you own prefernces.

Welcome to the wonderful world of being a home owner and having no money for years

Hope you are happy in your new home

Meeten

Cheers Shrek!

Have a week off and am wanting to get as much decorating done as possible - today is planned to whitewash the room - shouldn't be too bad, but noticed that the skirting boards have been painted silver as well - having a nitemare thinking that I have to sand them and then finish off with gloss!!!

Any suggestions how i can get away without doing that??

Room is 15 x 19, so loads of area to cover!!!

Used the 'NEW ENGLAND' paint range ifrom B&Q in the last flat and was pleased with that, not sure if they do it in a grey/moss green color - which is what I plan to do the room in.

Just need to convince the wife ..... hhhmmm ....

Party_Animal

Will need a couple of coats to cover the purple. I prefer matt but the silk is often better for wiping down especially with small kids. I wouldn't go mad on the skirtings, just a light sand to provide a key.

divadee

for the undercpat defo use b&q value thats what i have used in my houses everytime i wanted to paint over very bright paint. Also you may need 2 or 3 coats of it to get rid of the purple/silver completely and then that will give you a better finish for the new paint.

A family memer whos a painter and decorator says that why so many people complain about colour charts that they dont look anything like it on the wall, thats cos colour chart samples are done on a white background. so if you have blue walls and want to paint the room pink you will always get a different colour than the colour chart.

shrek101

I used some of that cheap B&Q no frills type emulsion paint a very large plastic container about 25 lites for around a tenner excellent for walls and ceilings. I stripped the walls of paper and a quick sanding it downs then covered with the cheap white emulsion, before finally putting the final coat of yellow satin emulsion.

For strongs colours like purple you might need two coats of undercoat which dry within a few hours so could do that within a day. Just give a light coat not to thick.

The beauty of that is that you got a good key for the final coat of whatever paint you want and that you get desired colour you want.

If the area is rough then you may need to sand down with a sander those mouse type sanders are excellent for this B&Q own is very cheap, I always find B&Q in my area have problems stocking the papers so I make sure I get have a few in stock at home just in case.

I recently painted some bulit in warddrobes silver (hemilate paint) looked horrid, not what I what I expected I had to sand it down and put one coat of undercoat and two coats of Dulux soft sheen, but the finish was better than I had hoped for. Normally I am a gloss person myself but soft sheen has a lovely finish to it.

Meeten

Thanks guys (sexist presumption!),

I large 25L tub of B&Q Value paint is on the list with rollers and brushes.
Medium sandpapre for the skirting - and that wee mouse size sander if they got it in stock.

Wish me luck!!

theGrinch

I would tend to use matt especially if the walls are less than perfect.

baked_beans_lady

I would tend to use matt especially if the walls are less than perfect.

Totally agree! I recently re-decorated my hall way using wipeable matt paint as I have young children and a dog. So far, it works really well, if there is any dirty markon the wall a wipe with damp cloth will solve the problem.

gm_xone

A family memer whos a painter and decorator says that why so many people complain about colour charts that they dont look anything like it on the wall, thats cos colour chart samples are done on a white background. so if you have blue walls and want to paint the room pink you will always get a different colour than the colour chart.

Also because paint colour charts are printed using inks this can result in the actual paint colour looking quite different from the colour sample. :-/


I agree with the use of matt finish emulsion if the walls are not completely flat. Silk finish tends to show every bump and imperfection.

As baked_beans_lady has pointed out, you can now buy washable (sometimes called acrylic) matt emulsion which is easily cleaned and more hard wearing than 'normal' matt finish. A bit more expensive though!

Meeten

have spent the day painting 3 rooms (inc celiings!!!) - getting there!!

Opted for the Crown paint (10L) that is currently on offer at Homebase (1/3 off). More expensive that the B&Q Value, but prob allows me to get away with 2 coats MAX!

Goign to do another room tomm, and then carry on and see start again.

Then gonna choose the proper colours and really use that roller and paint brush!!!

Unfortunately the colours that 'She who must not be named' have chosen are from Farrow & Ball - which means that the 5L is goign to cost around £38!!

And that is just for the lounge!! Ouch!