Novice Painter Questions

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Justin_MN

Discussion Starter · Jul 5, 2009

Hi and thanks in advance for helping me out with some novice questions.

I am closing on a home next week and the living room is an off-white eggshell with some designs painting on it in a medium blue. I want to paint it with a much darker color. They are plaster walls (the house is about 80 years old) and I am using a latex flat paint.

Questions:

1. Do I need to prime this?
2. Do I need to sand between each coat?
3. Do I need to wash the walls with TSP?

Also, what does everyone think of Behr paint? I have found many posts that have blasted the brand but they tend to be 1-3 years old and I know that they have done some new things there to improve their product, so any recent experiences would help!

Thanks again!

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chrisn

· #2 · Jul 5, 2009

1. Do I need to prime this?
2. Do I need to sand between each coat?
3. Do I need to wash the walls with TSP?

1.Need too, no, should you, probably
2. Need too, no, should you,yes,lightly
3.Need too, no, should you, yes, with something( not necessarily (TSP), before step 1.

Behr paint, if you have read ANYTHING about it here or anywhere else, you have the answer, none of these posts are that old.

Behr sucks:yes:

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chrisn

· #5 · Jul 6, 2009

BM Fresh Start, Zinnser's Bullseye123

Tinted,yes

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