I painted a room that had been purple. It is now light pink. Unfortunately there are some purple spots bleeding through. It appears that something purple and drippy was splashed on the walls (with two tiny spots on the ceiling) that didn’t show previously because it blended in with the purple paint. I suspect it might have been purple gel ink, but that’s only a WAG because the previous room’s occupant was an 8yr old girl.
When it bled readily through two coats of paint, I grabbed the Kilz (the water based version) and attempted to cover it. It bled readily through two coats of Kilz. I’ve never seen anything bleed through Kilz. I tried to sand it off the wall, but getting all traces of the purple drips is proving difficult.
Can anyone recommend a readily available primer that has better blocking powers? Do I need to try oil based Kilz (please, no, not again!)? Maybe some sort of spray epoxy? The wall surfaces in this house are crap, so I’m not worried much about texture. (long term plan is to re-do all walls) Oh, and the purple bled through the spackling compound, too. Whatever it is, it’s evil.
With something like BIN, can you paint the topcoat with a latex paint? Our kitchen is currently red and we’d like to paint it something a little more neutral. If this stuff really only needs one coat then that will save me a good amount of time and effort.
Well, that’s on the list. Problem is we probably won’t be to that stage for a good 10 years or so. Projects ahead of replacing this bedroom’s drywall include, but are not limited to: Build new bathroom, convert old bathroom to closet, complete removal of other old bathroom, gut and rebuild other bedroom, replace rotted floor joist from outside under kitchen, rehang deck that fell off the rotted joist, replace gutters, replace windows, re-roof, replace kitchen, remove halfway installed powder room, build new powder room, refinish den, rebuild gutted finished portion of basement including other bathroom, relandscape yard, replace garage door, and rewire house. Just to name a few.
So right now I am at the “replace poorly applied retina frying paint that makes the baby Jesus cry” stage so that we can live with the rooms as they are.
I think I’ll try the BIN, thanks. We’ve already got another bedroom closed up, but that’s because my daughter fell through the floor in the adjacent bathroom (or what’s left of it).
While I’m not having any luck with Kilz over the evil purple goop, I did successfully use Kilz in my bedroom. The previous owner had texturized the walls (her solution to the crummy plaster - not mine) and painted the room deep, dark eggplant purple boardering on black. I thought it *was * black the first time I saw it. Along the top of the wall she painted red, blue, and gold swirls, freehand. The baseboards were painted beige, then antiqued, then accented with metallic gold. One coat of Kilz on the walls hid much of the purple, then two coats of good interior latex satin in a light golden yellow (called, inexplicably, “Quiet Veranda”) covered it up just fine.
Normally Kilz is my go-to product for hiding atrocities. I believe it would take care of your red kitchen.
My husband painted professionally for about seven years, and Kilz is his go-to cover-up product, too. Have you considered wallpaper? Or maybe some nice decals to cover just the spots?
Another recommendation for shellac-what has been referred to as BIN above.Any shellac at your paint store would do,provided it is de-waxed (enables top coating with virtually anything ),and formulated within a year (older can present drying problems).
It probably only needs application over the problem areas.
Are you just using the Kilz without adding any color primer to it? When I was getting ready to paint my dining room I ran over to Home Depot to get some Kilz. Their paint…er lady, for lack of a technical term asked what color I the walls were and what color I was painting them. It was from yellow to red. She suggested adding a base color to the Kilz to mute the yellow more effectively so the red will come out the exact red I wanted. When I put the Kilz on it dried as sort of a greyish purple. The yellow was effectively muted and the red went on like a dream.
I would suggest perhaps picking some sort of yellowish green tone to use with the Kilz. It depends on the actual shade of the purple. Ask a pro at a paint shop, take a picture of the wall with you to help them get a better idea of what you need.
Well, the spots are widely scattered, mostly 4’ off the floor, with the exception of the two on the ceiling. They’re on two adjacent walls with the door in between them. It almost looks like the girl who lived there broke open a gel pen and shook it. Kilz is supposed to cover ink, though.
I just repainted the interior of a small commercial property. We used BIN over all sorts of stains, spots, and blemishes, then covered it over with indoor latex. Worked like a charm.
BIN is also available in aerosol cans for little jobs like the one in the OP. < 30 minute dry time to topcoat-it’s the only stain sealer I use, having tried the rest at one time or another.
