Painting question

[norsk1]

We are redoing my kid's room and he wants one of these "theme" rooms
that are so fashionable now. In particular, he wants some beach scenes
and objects (sail boats, light house, beach, shells, waves, clouds,
etc) painted on the walls.

My question is this: when we go to redo his room in a few years, will
these scenes/objects be visible through the new paint? I'm not talking
color, but profile/texture/etc. Since the scenes/objects will be an
extra layer of paint over the base color, won't there always be this
extra layer? Would we have to prime the whole room (except the
objects) in order to even out the paint layers?

Has anyone painted a room similarly, and then repainted later? How
were your results?

What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

Nat Christensen
DC

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[Wj Stevens]

>, will
>these scenes/objects be visible through the new paint? I'm not talking
>color, but profile/texture/etc.

nahhh you will just need to run some sandpaper or drywall screen over it before
repainting, no big deal.

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[Happя]

I have had friends sponge paint their walls and yes they later had the
problem of the shadow of the shapes showing through.
You will either have to sand it down or try the primer idea.
But why don't you avoid the whole problem by putting up pictures instead?
You can "lightly" make the clouds on the sky and the waves on the water.
Then take pictures you cut out and put them on the wall? Use wallpaper paste
and go for it!
The only way my friends figured they could avoid the problem in the future
was to make sure they didn't paint very thick.
Good luck!

norsk1 wrote in message <93vppd$4m5$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...

[w4...@my-deja.com]

Hello,
I can't seem to remember, is it ok to put oil
paint over latex or is it latex over oil that is ok? Seems there is an
old rule about this that I can't quite recall
Thanks,
Michael

[Chris Tafoya]

You can put either one over either one, as long as you prep
the surface per the directions on the can of paint...

[Dan Hicks]

norsk1 wrote in message <93vppd$4m5$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>We are redoing my kid's room and he wants one of these "theme" rooms
>that are so fashionable now. In particular, he wants some beach scenes
>and objects (sail boats, light house, beach, shells, waves, clouds,
>etc) painted on the walls.
>
>My question is this: when we go to redo his room in a few years, will
>these scenes/objects be visible through the new paint? I'm not talking
>color, but profile/texture/etc. Since the scenes/objects will be an
>extra layer of paint over the base color, won't there always be this
>extra layer? Would we have to prime the whole room (except the
>objects) in order to even out the paint layers?
>
>Has anyone painted a room similarly, and then repainted later? How
>were your results?

First make sure there's a good coat of paint on the walls, then install
cheap stripable wallpaper. Pick something with a plain paper finish and
as bland as possible. (Or you can buy special paper for this job,
though it's probably more expensive.) Paint over the paper, and then
paint the images on that. The strippable paper can be easily removed if
you ever decide to change the scheme.

[Dan Hicks]

w4...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I can't seem to remember, is it ok to put oil
> paint over latex or is it latex over oil that is ok? Seems there is an
> old rule about this that I can't quite recall
> Thanks,

I think it's mixing grape and grain that's the problem.

[RamblinOn]

norsk1 wrote:

> We are redoing my kid's room and he wants one of these "theme" rooms
> that are so fashionable now. In particular, he wants some beach scenes
> and objects (sail boats, light house, beach, shells, waves, clouds,
> etc) painted on the walls.

Acrylic artist colors would be the most common choice. They can be
mixed
with mediums to thin or flatten the sheen. Assuming you don't paint on
heavily built-up brush strokes or a lot of dark colors, it should not be
too hard to cover up later on. You can mix acrylics with medium or use
right from the tube. Mixed with medium, you can use proportions
dependent
on your desired effect - lots of medium, thinner color like water color.
Or, used right from the tube, much more texture and deeper color. You
can
get matte or gloss finish, dependening on which medium you sselect. They
dry quickly, so you need to be sure of what you want to do. They are
durable and washable, as well.

>
>
> My question is this: when we go to redo his room in a few years, will
> these scenes/objects be visible through the new paint? I'm not talking
> color, but profile/texture/etc. Since the scenes/objects will be an

Any brush strokes are likely to be visible through one coat of paint, no
matter how thin. Use a medium to thin down somewhat. When you are
ready
to repaint the room, sand off the pictures, roll on a full bodied primer
and then paint. Shouldn't be much of a problem covering it assuming you
don't paint on really thickly and you sand evenly to remove the texture.

>
> extra layer of paint over the base color, won't there always be this
> extra layer? Would we have to prime the whole room (except the
> objects) in order to even out the paint layers?

When it comes time to remove the mural, a chunk of 2x4 wrapped in
sandpaper
should make pretty quick work of the entire wall. I think removal would
be
easier than removing wallpaper when you're ready to redecorate. If you
decide to go ahead, I would recommend mixing and testing batches of
color and medium so
colors and sheen are even. Most art/craft stores sell a couple of lines
of
acrylic paint - Grumbacher and Liquitex are a couple that come to mind.
The craft paints in jars may also be appropriate but I've never used
them.