matt over silk

bikerm4 · 8 Jan 2007

Is it ok to paint over vinyl silk with matt emulsion? Is there any surface prep needed? Any probs i might encounter?
Thankyou.

Zampa · 8 Jan 2007

Sometmes its ok...youl get away with iy..other times you wont

Play it safe and give the walls a really good rub down with 100 grade abrasive paper

gcol · 9 Jan 2007

Often you get fine cracks appearing in the matt paint when you've overcoated silk. Follow zampa's advice and it should help matters.

Eric Sullivan · 9 Jan 2007

gcol said:
Often you get fine cracks appearing in the matt paint when you've overcoated silk. Follow zampa's advice and it should help matters.

Don't do it in a room subject to high humidity. I painted yellow matt over dark green silk and no matter what I did the cracks kept coming back. Like a honey comb, Vinyl silk is the devil's p155 IMO.

bikerm4 · 9 Jan 2007

ok .Thanks for the tips.

brist · 10 Jan 2007

Yes it drys and looks like cracks in dry mud . Sand the wall first

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