Painting over gloss on walls????

weeze210

Hi all
I've recently moved into an old house and some bright spark painted a very small 'boiler room' with dark blue gloss paint! What do I have to do to paint over it sucsessfully?

Any tips greatfully recieved, thankyou,

Weeze x

flashg67

Sounds fab! I would have thought if the surface is sound, then a light sanding before emulsioning over the top - a few coats needed though if you want to lighten it up?

nickj_2

as above , but give walls an undercoat 1st or primer http://www.zinsseruk.com/shop/Product.aspx?cId=130&pgId=355, then emulsion

ormus

either sand it all off, or use a similar oil paint again.

elmer

I was the idiot who glossed my sons walls dark blue for a space theme when he was 3. Hes now 16 and naturally felt it required redoing.

I sanded it down, removing the planets that I had glued on, and painted it with two coats of pale blue emulsion.

The only problem area was Saturns rings which I didnt sand enough, and the paint doesnt show through, its the glue, which we will all have to live with!

elmer

Weird_Nev

DIY places have base coats designed to cover gloss to prep them for re-painting. Not particulalrly cheap though.

keystone

Weird_Nev wrote: »

DIY places have base coats designed to cover gloss to prep them for re-painting. Not particulalrly cheap though.

Post #3 old chap!

Cheers

weeze210

Thanks for the replies, I shall have a go at sanding first and let you know how I get on.

Thankyou again

Weeze x

weeze210

I saw a specialist paint shop so popped in and asked the nice men behind the counter for some advice as I was passing. They said there was a special undercoat for the job but it ws £24 for a small tin but if I lightly sanded and then sugar soaped the walls that I could just use normal undercoat, (loads cheaper). So thats what I've done. They suggested that I leave the undercoat to go hard for a few days before I emulsion so thats where I'm at now. Will report back when I've emulsioned. Hopefully it'll help someone else in the future.
Thankyou for all your suggestions.

Weeze x

nickj_2

weeze210 wrote: »

I saw a specialist paint shop so popped in and asked the nice men behind the counter for some advice as I was passing. They said there was a special undercoat for the job but it ws £24 for a small tin but if I lightly sanded and then sugar soaped the walls that I could just use normal undercoat, (loads cheaper). So thats what I've done. They suggested that I leave the undercoat to go hard for a few days before I emulsion so thats where I'm at now. Will report back when I've emulsioned. Hopefully it'll help someone else in the future.
Thankyou for all your suggestions.

Weeze x

as suggested in post 3 ,

keystone

nickj wrote: »

as suggested in post 3 ,

and rereferenced in post 7 as 6 hadn't read 3.;);)