Should I sand my wall before painting, or remove the paint currently on the wall?

Question

I would like to repaint my walls. they are currenlty painted with a white glossy paint. the current paint job is horribly. In places it's spilled over onto the woodwork on the sills and baseboards.

In other areas on the walls themselves, the textures vary. Some places are smooth, others look like there are millions of tiny airbubbles trapped underneath of the paint.

I would like to know how to proceed before repainting the room. There is no wallpaper involved. Do I have to remove the paint first by sracping it? If so, how do I get the paint off of the wood? Is there a solvent I can put on the walls to make this any easier or are there any other tricks?

Do I sand the walls in (or do this in addition to removing the paint)? If so, do I use hand held sand paper, or a sander?

Do I need to use a base paint after the walls are cleaned?

I would appreciate any help and please let me know if you have any expereince with these things?

Thanks in advance

Orange

Answer 1

sand ur wall seriouly, removing paint does nothin, i really know abot this are family is always painting, sand sand sand do not remove paint!!!!!!!!!!!!    use one of those roller paint brushes, put primer on the wall first and let that dry fer a day.

2 coats of paint, hope i could help, use regular paint brush fer creases

Answer 2

You just need to use a primer paint before applying the actual color you want. It will allow the color to show up right and apply smoothly.

Answer 3

Get one of those sanding foam blocks from the paint section at the hardware store. To save yourself from a lot of dust you want to wet sand. In a 2 gallon bucket ,mix up some cleaning solution for the walls. I like to use 1/4 cup of tide with bleach alternative powder. The paint store also have special paint prep cleaners too. Then dip the sanding block into the water and squeeze it out like you would a sponger and sand until all the bubbles and paint drips are gone.

And use a primer sealer, so there aren't any surprises after you paint. Like nicotine seepage. You can have the primer tinted to match the paint so you can get away with one coat.

Answer 4

prime it

Answer 5

       Whatever you do don't use cheap paint, buy semi-gloss one coat paint it will be less expensive in the long run don't need to sand the wall you do that when you varnish wood.

       If you want to strip paint to show the wood, there are different type's of products to remove the paint, get that info from the paint store.

        

Answer 6

no just layer the paint more than once

Answer 7

I had to remove paint before and it was not fun. Sanding will work just fine. You have to sand it enough to scuff up the whole wall so that the new paint sticks. If you don't sand good enough, you will be scrapping the paint in about 6 months or so because it will peel.

Answer 8

Wash the walls with a fairly strong detergent, and rinse well.  After the wall dries, go over it with a hand sander using a medium grit sand paper.  Wipe the walls down with a damp rag to remove dust from sanding.  After the wall is thoroughly dry, you're ready to paint.  Depending on what kind of paint you're going to put on, you may or may not want to use a primer.  But white isn't hard to cover, so you may just want to try a small spot and let it dry before you do the rest of the wall, this way you can see whether you like the effect without the primer.  

Answer 9

sand, remove paint, sand again, then paint

Answer 10

Primer first then paint.