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Most deep colours require a lot of coats... paints tinted into "pastel" or "deep" bases require quite a few coats, especially the deep bases, it's almost like a glaze at that point instead of paint.

They steered you right on the colour-tinted primer, though. A flat grey primer will change the final colour... our main area colour was supposed to be kind of a stone colour, but with picking from a chip, it came out more like dirty straw. I had them custom mix a primer with the complimentary colour (yay for my knowledge of paint and colour) and it brought it to almost exactly the colour we wanted originally.

We've chickened out of our original plans for a deep red entryway here... but all my garage cabinetry is painted Holly Berry red (the closest Behr comes to tool box red)... and it was... painful. Three coats over tinted primer was "good enough for the garage" - for something I cared about, probably would have been 4 or 5.

Bren R.

I poked around at your house pics.... I love it.

Thanks Peter.

We love the house and the colors. As with most Eichlers and colorful rooms, people either really like it or really hate it. Not too much middle ground.

However, it was a pain to reconfigure my HT w/o any crawlspace or attic.

Cesar, your house is stunning. The bold color choices go together extremely well! I don't think I'd ever be able to put together a color scheme like that. Really gives your beautiful home a touch of character. Nicely done.

Thank you all for your replies. I painted the second coat yesterday night, and the difference was night and day. It is about 90% there, it looks like hte first coat of a normal color...Hopefully all it takes is 3, but if i have to do a 4th, it will not be a big deal. Also, thanks for posting the pictures, but i forgot to check them at home last night, work blocks all of the image posting sites, i will definately check them out today.

Thanks a ton,

Sorry I am late to the party. When I did my HT room:







I did some research and decided on Benjamin Moore paint. I was also fortunate to talk to a professional painter at the Benny Moore store. The net is that red is exceptionally difficult to work with. He gave me dark gray primer and told me to put on two coats. Then he told me to do one roller width of the paint at a time rather than a square or a "W" pattern. All went well and I only needed two coats of paint.

I made the mistake of painting red over white primer. Four coats later, I can still see white bleeding through.

Quick OT question. What size TV is that Ray?

Same as his waist size, 58"