Benjamin Moore Fresh Start Acrylic Primer.

Begin with a clean, dull surface.

Michael

Hey Wacky!,
Do what Michael says here.
Kilz is just a "brand name" of primers...oils, latexes, and a small paint line too.
If you have noticeable ridges from the glaze-technique, sand them down and remove all dust b4 priming.
Faron

Thanks! Thats what I thought.... much appreciated!
Stef

Along the same lines--I splatter painted a room several years ago and now need to repaint. The paint is heavier in some areas than others. I,to assume it will need sanded. What sandpaper to use? Best techniques? Thanks!

Hi Sew,
You're assuming correctly!

You may be in for a lot of sanding! Lumpier (is that a word?!) areas will look lumpy under new paint too!
What I would do...
* Use a 6" metal putty knife laid almost flat to the wall to maybe knock-off some lumps...CAREFUL HERE! Ya don't wanna gouge the wall. Practice your pressure & technique.
* What you're aiming for here is to "shave-off" the heaviest lumps & decrease sanding time.
* Now, use a 220-grit sanding sponge. Feel for, and feather-sand all ridges from high spots.
* Vacuum off dust, lightly rinse wall & let dry.
* Now, PRIME the wall. When this dries, you'll be able to see if there's still more work to do! If so; wait a DAY for primer to be sandable, scrape, sand, rinse, & re-prime.
* Finally, you're ready for TWO paintcoats!

Faron

Sounds easy to me! :)

Michael

Hi Michael & Sew,
I was kinda addressing an upcoming situation in our DD's room too! Four different blues in there...kinda roughly sponged on 6 yrs. ago. It's prob'ly not enough to need a flat putty-knife scraping, but ya never know!

Splatter-painting can get kinda lumpy from some I've seen!

Faron

sherwin williams preprite problock is an excellent primer for you to use. No sanding if you don't have any build up of paint . Have good lighting and check your walls out to determine if you have any build up.

For sewloutions, if you have paint splattered, I would use an electric sander to get rid of the build up. I have seen some walls done this way and just standing there using your arm to sand, sand , sand , it is faster and easier to use an electric sander( mouse or an orbital sander) should be fine.

Just have to make sure you don't keep your sander in one place. Need to keep it moving and watch for any gouging . Depending on how much of a build up you have from the paint splattering, you might want to use a little rougher grit. Remember keep the sander moving and let it do the work for you. Dust and follow with a damp rag all over. Prime and paint.

Well, I tried the scraper and it didn't work. Then the light bulb went on-pulled out the palm sander--it is the berries! I'll need to find the anti-vibration gloves I bought when I was sanding down my kitchen cabinets to refinish. Those things really work! That room is going to require a ton of work-it was my son's and his wire fox terrier's. There is lots of patching to do also. Thanks for your help!