Help with painting the room.?

  • Can you paint a room without having to prepping it.
    Can you just paint over your old color or would it not turn out right?

    Tips or anything for painting a room please.


  • Yes, you can paint over the walls without preparing them. However, if there is any type of dirt or grime, at minimum it would be painted in. If they include oils of any type, then the paint may not stick well. These oils could come from pollution in the air outside, oils passed through the place as a result of cooking, residues left from oil or gas heating systems, or any one of a number of other sources. It is best to at least wash the walls and ceiling well.

    In terms of how the pain would look if painted over the old paint....There are a number of different factors at play here too. A good coat of primer insures that there is a good, even coat of white under the new paint; in some cases, two coats may even be called for. Most primers are also formulated so that they stick well to the original costs of paint and have a porus surface that grabs the new coat of paint. Primer helps cover the old paint and, it helps make the new paint go on smooth and evenly.

    But the other thing that occurs when "just painting" the new paint over the old is that often the old paint helps shade the new paint. If you are not picky about getting the color of the new paint exact, then often you can get away with not using a primer. HOWEVER, when the old paint is darker than the new paint, it can most definitely make the new paint look mush different in color. Within the past several years, a number of folks have painted in darker colors and in some cases in dark colors only on individual walls. You can be guaranteed that the resulting color of a light colored paint will be affected by a dark original color underneight. Sometimes, people will go so far as to out a skim coat of dry wall putty, prime, and then paint to cover up a particularly dark color.

    Others have painted or stenciled decorations right onto the walls. This does two things: 1) Puts an array of colors, often many of them darker onto the walls. 2) Puts an extra layer (or more) or paint in the shape of the painted on motif. If you do not prime well, then you risk shadowing of the darker colors showing through your new paint. You also risk seeing the shapes through the paint thickness differences. In these cases, when you prime you must not only cover up the old paint but, you must also make the wall surface flat again. - Often people will put a skim coat of dry wall putty on the wall, then prime, then paint.

    When I say "dry wall putty" - do check out your local hardware or home center. There are now a whole array of putties or muds. Some are formulated for filling in joints, some for making skim coats, and still some for more specialized puposes.


  • There's always some prep work that you need to do. Remove electrical plates, don't paint around them, spackle nail holes. If you don't have any peeling paint and you're painting over the same kind of paint (oil or latex) and the same sheen, you're probably OK, even though the proper way is to use a primer first.


  • At least brush the dust off the walls. Also spackle any holes.


  • It depends what color the room is originally, if its a light color you don't really HAVE to but they always suggest priming it first for the best results







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