Painting a red wall white
You now have a new apartment and in the middle of it you have a room with a red wall. In this case, you shouldn't worry, with a little diligence you can quickly paint the red wall white.
Prepare the red wall
If you want to paint a red wall white, there are a few things to keep in mind. These instructions show how you can proceed when the red wall is covered with woodchip wallpaper. It also shows how to get a red wall with white plaster.
- Before you can start painting, you should first make some preparations in the room. You should furniture in the room, it would be good if you could store them outside of the room while you are busy painting.
- Then, in order to paint your red wall white, you should put masking sheets all over the room. The cover sheets are attached to the baseboards of your room with adhesive tape. Then tape off all light switches and sockets that are located on the wall in question with adhesive tape before you can then start painting.
- In order to be able to paint over red wall paint with white, you should have bought high-quality wall paint in the hardware store. Then first paint the edges of your wall all around with a brush. You should paint a 10 cm wide strip before applying the white paint over a large area with a paint roller.
- When you have painted the entire wall once, let it dry for a day. Then see if the red color can still be seen. If so, you have to paint the entire wall again. Do this until you really can't see anything red.
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Remove rough plaster and paint in white
If your red wall is covered with rough plaster or textured plaster, things will be a little more difficult. Here you should buy special paint at your trusted hardware store.
- If you want to paint a red wall white on rough plaster, this is possible if you paint the indentations and structures with a brush. You can also try a paint roller, but the indentations in the plaster prevent the wall from becoming completely white. So you have to paint piece by piece.
- With this amount of work, you could also take a grinder and remove all of the rough plaster. By the time you had finished painting, you would surely have put on a new white layer of rough plaster. You could keep this option open as an alternative.
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