Hello
I painted a huge house internally about 6 months ago. All of the exposed beams were mission brown, and I did on average 2 coats of Taubmans 3 in 1 (sealer, primer, undercoat), and then 2 coats of high gloss (wash and wear).
Well the tenants moved out, and I walked in to be greeted with the shodiest paint job I have ever seen, it was patchy and yellow in places, very ugly. I have spent the last week on leave, and have added 4 coats of 3 in 1, and 2 coats of high gloss. Finally this has given me an even consistency with no streaks of dark wood showing through, and the house looks like the million dollars it should have in the first place.
Just to summarize this is a total of 6 coats of undercoat, and 4 coats of high gloss to hide that ugly mission brown, so anyone thinking of painting over a dark colour such as this will have an uphill battle.
Also I experimented with using that sandstone paint on the floor, and while it looked great initially, it just looks plain tatty now, so I am now laying proper floor tiles (50cm * 50cm porcilien), this also goes for the white enamel paint on the floor in one of the bathrooms, I think if I had of done the job properly with that product it would have turned out OK, however with all the preperation I may as well just lay new floor tiles myself.
Regards Adam
I painted a huge house internally about 6 months ago. All of the exposed beams were mission brown, and I did on average 2 coats of Taubmans 3 in 1 (sealer, primer, undercoat), and then 2 coats of high gloss (wash and wear).
Well the tenants moved out, and I walked in to be greeted with the shodiest paint job I have ever seen, it was patchy and yellow in places, very ugly. I have spent the last week on leave, and have added 4 coats of 3 in 1, and 2 coats of high gloss. Finally this has given me an even consistency with no streaks of dark wood showing through, and the house looks like the million dollars it should have in the first place.
Just to summarize this is a total of 6 coats of undercoat, and 4 coats of high gloss to hide that ugly mission brown, so anyone thinking of painting over a dark colour such as this will have an uphill battle.
Also I experimented with using that sandstone paint on the floor, and while it looked great initially, it just looks plain tatty now, so I am now laying proper floor tiles (50cm * 50cm porcilien), this also goes for the white enamel paint on the floor in one of the bathrooms, I think if I had of done the job properly with that product it would have turned out OK, however with all the preperation I may as well just lay new floor tiles myself.
Regards Adam