I’ve got a room to paint that was originally painted with the Ralph Lauren paint that basically has sand in it to result in a rough textured finish. Feels like sand paper on the wall – slip into the wall and it skins your knuckles for you.
The complication is that the walls need to be patched in places and the resulting finishes (patched and unpatched) naturally don’t match. Am I stuck skim coating the whole room or has anyone had luck knocking down the sandpaper finish enough to blend in new areas?
Would thicker paints or a high build primer help?
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I have the same problem. Don't have a good answer either, but I'm going to skim coat the whole thing.
Yes more work ,but it's a nicer wall in the end.
and please people NO MORE SAND TEXTURE PAINT.
They used to sell a texturizing paint--basically very thick paint--maybe rolling the walls with that would work--or mixing a little drywall top coat in with some primer?
I have had to paint over a Ralph Lauren "suede" finish.
Assuming the amount of sand texture is about the same, it really wasn't any problem.
I just scuff sanded the wall with a 60 grit paper and two coats of a quality paint. Came out fine.
I have also painted over some of the old texture paint that was so common around here in the 70's. That required a lot more sanding and then I mixed topping compound into the paint (about 50/50) for the first coat. A liberal scuff sanding, then a finish coat of paint only.
Terry
Thanks for the feedback. It is the "suede" finish.
I think I will end up skim coating the whole thing. Upon closer inspection, it looks like there are a ton of drywall and old paint bumps to touch up, so there will be a lot of compound to sand anyway. It will probably go faster just to skim it all.
I agree, no more texture paints.
We have there suede paint in the family room. What a pain to apply and now it looks like more work to repaint over it when the time comes.
It's kind of diabolical, isn't it? When we first moved into this house, our bedroom had the same kind of texture. First thing in the morning, I was sufficiently sleepy to brush against the wall with my forehead.
It's like Satan's idea of what paint should be.
Anyways, I skim-coated it.
I must say that the rough texture looks great, hides defects, and has worn well.
Of course, everyone in the house has contributed some skin to the walls. In our case, it is the paint on the staircase and foyer. Everytime I slipped on those stairs, my elbow or hands lost a little surface. Thankfully my forehead missed out.
I'll be glad to see it gone although I wish I could avoid the skimming. As always, nothing worthwhile comes easy.