My walls are currently painted red. I prefer white walls. Do I need to scrape the current red paint before?

Question

My walls are currently painted red. I prefer white walls. Do I need to scrape the current red paint before applying white paint?

Thanks in advance guys.

Answer 1

You do not need to scrape the walls.

The product you need is called Kilz, which is available at Home Depot, Lowe's and other home improvement stores.  Be CERTAIN that you get the acrylic (water-based) type. DO NOT get the oil-based Kilz.

Paint your walls with a coat of Kilz.  Let it dry, and then determine how well it covered.  You may need two coats of primer.  (Red is the most saturated of all the colors, and is therefore VERY difficult to paint with, and almost equally as difficult to cover up completely.)

After you've primed and let the primer dry completely, you're ready to paint.  Use a good quality paint (I prefer Behr, but most painting contractors prefer Sherwin Williams).  You may need two coats of paint--again, depending on the shade of red you're starting with.

Answer 2

Go to home depot or Lowes and paint the walls first with a product called Kils otherwise you will have a hard time covering the red if you are going to paint them white. Kils comes in latex or oil base. It's a great product to use as a base.

Answer 3

red is a *****  it  bleeds thru   so get yourself some good primer and prime the wall then paint

you might have to prime it 2 times

red  yuk  who picked that color   your x husband

Answer 4

no no don't scrape. put a primer on first wait couple of hours or a day, just in case and then apply ur white paint on top. don't do an oil based paint they wash off if you decide to wipe the wall and are not that good looking to

Answer 5

Use an oil based undercoat that will block the color out an then paint ur emulsion over it both in white by the way

Answer 6

Primer...go to a paint store and let them help you get the right materials...red will be hard to cover but it can be done

Answer 7

No scraping, just a really good primer & then paint.  Dark colors are really hard to cover, you may have to give it more than one coat.

Answer 8

I would paint a first coat primer of  a product called kills which will keepthe red from bleeding through your coat of white paint.