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[Debs.]

I`m no expert with house decorating matters and have to decorate a room in another house.
The walls have been painted "Barbie Pink" ......I think it`s emulsion painted on plaster (without lining paper); I`d probably like to go with a good quality brilliant white or magnolia replacement....how the heck can I cover such a vivid colour without using several coats and gallons of paint?

Is there such a thing as an emulsion undercoat?....if so which colour to use in Barbie`s boudoir? :-?

[Welung666]

Go to somewhere like B&Q and get a big tub of the cheapest white emulsion they do and apply 2 or 3 coats. Then cover with a good quality one coat emulsion. We had to do this in middle daughters bedroom, her walls were a similar colour to your pic. Her room is now a subtle mushroom colour and much less painful to look at

[tunnie]

no easy way around it, you could try Dulux's "One Coat" - But thats often just as expensive as two coats of standard brilliant white.

When I did my living room in my flat the colour change was not big, but still took 3 coats 

[albitz]

Personally I think you should tell Daz, to decorate his own bloody bedroom.

[Mr Skrunts]

I like this method of painting Debs.   
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[Andy B]

I disagree Welung. Names like Johnson's paint is far preferable to B & Q's own and covers far better with each coat thereby saving you the extra effort of painting the room half a dozen times. 

[Welung666]

I disagree Welung. Names like Johnson's paint is far preferable to B & Q's own and covers far better with each coat thereby saving you the extra effort of painting the room half a dozen times. 

The difference between the 2 though, is getting 15 litres of B&Q value for the price of 5 litres of Johnson's. We did 3 coats of the B&Q then a top coat with Dulux ' One Coat'  and it covered completely.

[Andy B]

I disagree Welung. Names like Johnson's paint is far preferable to B & Q's own and covers far better with each coat thereby saving you the extra effort of painting the room half a dozen times. 

The difference between the 2 though, is getting 15 litres of B&Q value for the price of 5 litres of Johnson's. We did 3 coats of the B&Q then a top coat with Dulux ' One Coat'  and it covered completely.

But .... would the Johnson's have covered the wall 3 times better than B & Q's 3 times cheaper emulsion? 

[Welung666]

I disagree Welung. Names like Johnson's paint is far preferable to B & Q's own and covers far better with each coat thereby saving you the extra effort of painting the room half a dozen times. 

The difference between the 2 though, is getting 15 litres of B&Q value for the price of 5 litres of Johnson's. We did 3 coats of the B&Q then a top coat with Dulux ' One Coat'  and it covered completely.

But .... would the Johnson's have covered the wall 3 times better than B & Q's 3 times cheaper emulsion? 

Unlikely, maybe 2 coats

[Debs.]

Thanks guys......

Perhaps it`s a daft question, but should I use a cream/magnolia as an undercoat for the brilliant-white; for it`s higher opacity (perhaps?). :-?

I don`t mind going Dulux or Johnsons, as long as it`s not going to take dozens of coats.

[Andy B]

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Perhaps it`s a daft question, but should I use a cream/magnolia as an undercoat for the brilliant-white; for it`s higher opacity (perhaps?). :-?

not sure  :-/ I think I'd use white, then you're only buying the one colour/tub of emulsion

I don`t mind going Dulux or Johnsons, as long as it`s not going to take dozens of coats.

IMO you're going to need less coats with the named brands. 

[Tony H]

I recently used a Home Base own lable white cheap and   exellent coverage, you probably won't need a named brand as a top coat I think 2 or 3 coats will do the trick

[hotel21]

Done similar in the past.  I used a spare can of magnolia or mushroom or something to take the sting out the vivid colour (it was just gash paint that was in the garage) then finished with a proprietry topcoat.   Worked out fine in a couple of coats...

[albitz]

2 coats of 1 coat imo. ...........did that sound Irish ?

[Debs.]

2 coats of 1 coat imo. ...........did that sound Irish ?

  Yes, it didn`t!