Hi,
I am looking to paint my bedroom. I went to B&Q today to buy
undercoat, as 1 wall and a small part of another wall have a bright
yellow paint currently. I was advised rather then spending money on
undercoat, I could use a cheap white emulsion paint to cover the yellow.
My logical thinking was I should buy a matt emulsion and the final
paint would be silk. I was asked what type of paint I had currently on
my wall, which I have no clue. I was then advised if I did a test and
put silk on top of matt and you are able to wipe it off, then you
currently have matt paint and you can't just put silk on top of matt.
So I had bought silk paint for the ceiling and I painted some onto said
wall and I was able to wipe it clean off straight away with a wet cloth.
Now I'm not sure if that is what I was supposed to do, or whether I
was supposed to wait a while, or even use a dry cloth. So this has
kinda burst my happy bubble and not that I was excited to paint, but now
I really have no enthusiasm. So after all this I just wanted to check,
am I OK to go ahead and buy silk emulsion, seeing as that will be the
finishing paint I will be using, or do I really need to find out what my
current paint is. I didn't realise painting could be some complicated.
I have attached a photo of the rather large test patch that I did and
this is Dulux Wall and Ceiling paint, dunno if emulsion is thicker and
would cover the yellow better. Any advice would be so much appreciated.
I'm trying to do this on a budget, otherwise I would just get a
painter in to do the job.