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2stroke
11th Jun 2012, 09:59 AM
Guys take a look at this for me. The wall was like a sky blue and I've put one coat of undercoat on it. Is it good enough for the top coat or requires another undercoat layer...

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Bloss
11th Jun 2012, 10:49 AM
Depends on the final colour and the quality of the paint - and a top coat should be two coats anyway regardless of the claims of a single coat being OK. It is also OK to tint an undercoat too - if covering a very dark colour it can be useful to tint the undercoat - my painter uncle used to do this 50 years ago! The idea is to do it a the same shade, but a little lighter ie: a 1/2 or 2/3 tint.

Do a test paint down low or some where not too obvious and see what you think - never going to be able to tell from a pic.