interior paint question

Posted by Melissa on June 19, 2005, 11:18 am

I would like to repaint my family room to match the hall. The hall is a
very pale (almost white) green. The family room is currently a dark
shade of pink, between dusty rose and pepto bismal. The family room
paint is semi gloss. The hall is also semi gloss, but went over flat
contractor beige. How hard will it be to cover the dark pink, and get
the shade the same as the hall? There is a large opening from one to
the other, so if they are not a good match, it will be obvious to anyone
that we tried to get close but didn't make it. Any tips or special
products I'll need?

Melissa

Posted by dadiOH on June 19, 2005, 12:04 pm

Melissa wrote:

> I would like to repaint my family room to match the hall. The hall
> is a very pale (almost white) green. The family room is currently
> a dark shade of pink, between dusty rose and pepto bismal. The
> family room paint is semi gloss. The hall is also semi gloss, but
> went over flat contractor beige. How hard will it be to cover the
> dark pink, and get the shade the same as the hall? There is a large
> opening from one to the other, so if they are not a good match, it
> will be obvious to anyone that we tried to get close but didn't make
> it. Any tips or special products I'll need?

Good paint + 2 coats.

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Posted by jeffc on June 20, 2005, 10:45 pm

> Good paint + 2 coats.

Occasionally it can take 2 coats, but if it always does, then you're not
really using "good paint". Why buy twice as much cheap paint and spend
twice as much time painting?

Posted by Luke on June 19, 2005, 5:45 pm

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 15:18:25 GMT, Melissa

>I would like to repaint my family room to match the hall. The hall is a
> very pale (almost white) green. The family room is currently a dark
>shade of pink, between dusty rose and pepto bismal. The family room
>paint is semi gloss. The hall is also semi gloss, but went over flat
>contractor beige. How hard will it be to cover the dark pink, and get
>the shade the same as the hall? There is a large opening from one to
>the other, so if they are not a good match, it will be obvious to anyone
>that we tried to get close but didn't make it. Any tips or special
>products I'll need?

Clean, then good quality primer and paint (possibly two coats).

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Posted by Luke on June 21, 2005, 2:40 pm

>> Clean, then good quality primer and paint (possibly two coats).

>There is really no need for primer - a good quality high acrylic paint is
>your primer.

Primer is less expensive than paint and easier to apply.

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