Painting Different Coloured Walls

Question

I have some walls that are magnolia and some walls that have been re-plastered and painted white with a ghost coat. Do I need to paint the magnolia walls white as well if I plan to paint the whole room grey. Will there be two different tones of grey?

Chelsea · Accepted Answer

No need to paint the magnolia walls white, as the grey will cover it. Just give the wall a rub down and you should be good to go.

Amjad · Answer

Hi, you can paint over the magnolia with grey paint without it looking like a miss match. Just make sure you give the whole wall 2 coats of paint.

Lewis · Answer

No there is no need to paint the magnolia walls white as you will need to put at least two coats of the grey colour on the walls anyway and that will dismiss any other colour underneath especially magnolia so there really is no need.

Keith · Answer

No, 3 coats on each wall will bring all the walls to the same colour finish.

Daniel · Answer

Yes, it's best to have them all the same colour before adding a colour so that you get the same shade/tone.

Richard · Answer

You need to apply 1 more coat to ghost coat the walls then apply 2 coats to all walls. You won't see any difference between white or magnolia base walls.

Chris · Answer

Yes I would paint the Magnolia wall white again then put the grey on the top. You will only need to put on one coat though.

Lawrence · Answer

Hi Simon,

It would look nicer if you painted the walls all white first. 

Regards, 

Lawrence

Jakub · Answer

Hi. 
It depends what kind of grey paint you will choose. If you will have bigger budget, you can choose premium paint for example Dulux Diamond matt.

If it was me I would paint fresh plastered walls with an undercoat of white and then all walls premium grey paint with two coats and that will be perfectly fine.

If you need the job doing i could quote for it.

Thanks,
Jakub

Barry · Answer

Just paint the walls with 2 coats of grey and it should be fine.

Craig · Answer

2 coats of grey will be fine. No need to do anything else.

Max · Answer

just paint them grey. No need at all to use white first just giving yourself more work for no reason.

Stephen · Answer

I don’t believe so, it would be wise to paint the virgin walls with a sealing coat first to ensure plaster is ready to accept the paint, both coats should then finish the same colour.

Leighland-ron · Answer

It is best to cover the walls all in white so that you will get the same effect all round the room

Paul · Answer

That depends on the quality of paint.
I always buy 'Trade' paint at whatever outlet i can.
The better the quality, the better the finish.

Coby · Answer

Not needed because you will give the walls 2 coats of paint which will cover basic colours easy. It would be different if you were going over a darker colour like a red or something like that but you will be fine to go straight over yours with grey.

Alfred · Answer

Providing the grey colour covers the magnolia walls with 2 coats all the walls with have same colour finish.

Jonathan · Answer

No need to paint the magnolia wall white. Just paint it the same as the other walls.

Andrew · Answer

Just paint straight over the magnolia, they will need 2 coats anyway so it will match.

Painting Different Coloured Walls

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