Painting theater room red
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Hey. I just started painting my home theater room, which we decided on a sorta deep red (some sort of merlot color). I was told by the guy at Home depot, i needed to tint my primer reddish, which i did. After 1 coat of primer, and 1 coat of paint, it looks like garbage. Will this go away after i recoat, or will it take several recoats. Basically, has anyone painted red, and what are some tips for doing it?
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Adam O
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Re: Painting theater room red
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For red paint I usually use a gray primer, works the best for me.
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Re: Painting theater room red
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Several coats. Red is very difficult. I'm surprised the tinted primer didn't help you a bit more.
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Whenever I painted the back wall of our TV room a Merlot red I thought it would be an easy and quick deal, after the first couple of coats it looked pretty nasty so I kept on going. I'm thinking I used the whole gallon over 3 days on that one wall but the end result turned out really well.
I didn't use a primer and don't know if it really matters too terribly much or not.
What is the base color that your painting over?
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Re: Painting theater room red
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I am painting this on brand new drywall, with the tinted primer. When i say garbage, i mean, i can tell which places got more paint than others...you can see through waaaay more than painting any other color. I will give an update tomorrow, as the second coat is going on today, but maybe an extra coat or two will make it alright?...i really want this to work, it looks like it will be a sweet color...hopefully not too many coats...it takes almost 3 quarts per coat...its 3 walls
Adam O
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Re: Painting theater room red
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This is either after the first or second day and as you can see it looks exactly as you are describing....BTW I did not paint around the pics and panel, I threw 'em up there to get an idea of how it was all going to come together. The only reason I didn't use a primer was because of the job being only one wall, my thought was that I could use a coat or two of the paint itself as a primer instead of buying a whole gallon of primer for the small amount of area. Also as you can see, the red was applied over a pre-existing painted wall.
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Ya, dark paint takes many, many coats unless you use a dark primer first. I think I’ve got four coats on my walls and I can still see areas where a fifth coat is needed. (I did not use primer either)
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good...it seems that it should be fine, but i might have to do more work, which is never good, but it isnt that bad...money isnt a big deal, i just want it to look really nice, and red was the best color for the room. Ill post pics when i get it done (wont be getting carpet for another 3 weeks though, so it wont be for a while. (btw, i cannot see pictures, so if you posted one (which it seems like) i cannot see it
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