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Painting over sample swatches!

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.16 PM

Hi guys, I decided to decorate the spare room and was having trouble deciding on the colour. I poorly painted a dark blue sample (2 coats) on a cream wall, which has dried patchy due to my lack of care whilst painting the sample! It's quite a large area where some sections are light and others dark. How can I cover this poor attempt before painting the whole wall the chosen colour?!!! Any help would be appreciated as the paint I have selected is quite expensive and I don't want to waste it by applying extra coats to rid the sample paint underneath.. I have read that applying a primer would help but I'm not sure how accurate this is.. thanks in advance!

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5 Answers

R&M Decorators

Rating: 5 out of 5

Croydon

I would paint with white oil based paint first (undercoat preferably), This will act as a stain block. This can also be used to get rid of brown damp stains which always show through emulsion paint !

Answered13 April 2018

A Russell-Curtis Painting & Decorating Services

Rating: 4.9 out of 5

Swansea

what i would do is sand over the patches and then cover with white paint then apply your colour paint hope this helps

Answered13 April 2018

Anonymous user

hi sand down the tester area with a 240 grade paper and smooth the surface as best you can privided your using Matt colour finish paint over the area required with a white Matt emulsion with a foam roller and let dry

Answered13 April 2018

Timothy David Interiors

Rating: 5 out of 5

Tonypandy

Hi. Definitely cover with one or two coats of matt emulsion. White is best for obliteration. Dont use oil-based undercoat. An oil based product applied to broadwall will create an unpleasant (pungent) enviroment

Answered13 April 2018

Top Coat Decorating Services

Rating: 5 out of 5

Sutton

Hi there. I would sand the tester area back, no need to get rid of it completely, just enough to fade the colour little. Apply two coats of white emulsion to the whole wall. Allow to dry over night. This will give a nice even base coat. Finish with two coats of your colour choice. Hope this helps.

Answered14 May 2018