"ste-m" wrote in message
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Hi there,

I've been filling and sanding an already painted plastered wall (in the
living room) and will be repainting it soon. My question is, do I need to
use undercoat for the best results before painting with my final colour
(cream matt emulsion), or can I make do with using some white matt
emulsion as an undercoat (as I've got a few tins of this in the house
already).

I'm just wondering what the difference would be - I don't mind buying
undercoat, but if there's no difference, then I'd rather use up what I've
already got.


Light colours are the hardest to obscure the underneath. Put on what ever
you have that's cheap and close to the colour. Sounds like white is fine,
and always cheap even if you have to buy it. Darker colours are much more
opaque and cover any colour well, sometimes in one coat depending on paint
quality.

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Mike W