Painting Walls

Blackeyez09

Hi
anyone have tips on best way to prepare wall (lined and painted with what looks like silk emulsion) for using mat emulsion (farrow and ball)

I was thinking should I was with sugar soap and use a cheap white Matt emulsion as a base coat?

Thanks!

Jenniefour

That's exactly what I would do. Also fill any little holes and sand off before you put your first coat of cheap white emulsion paint on.

cyclonebri1

Just don't get it too wet or the lining paper will blister/lift off;);)
Water will penetrate even silk emulsion.

Pipkin

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if your wall is painted in silk emulsion matt emulsion may not go over it ok - often when you try this the paint dries with millions of tiny cracks in it called crazing, this is because the matt paint cannot stick to the shiny silk (I know this from bitter experience! - it does NOT show at first, but develops as the paint dries). Someone will come along who knows more but I would think you would need to undercoat it with something like a polycell basecoat first, that is what I have done when painting a friends room in the same situation.

https://www.dulux.co.uk/advice/questions/faq/faq_001.jsp

Blackeyez09

Thanks for all your responses will look into this more