since I usually paint large areas (or more than one room at a time), I just apply a quick thin coat, quit for the day and follow up with a final coat the
next. If I'm just painting one room then yes, I apply a thin coat, wait an hour or so and then apply the final coat. I find that if I let the first coat dry, it
lessens the probability that the second coat will pull up the first.
-aki
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ray
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 8:46 AM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Re: Paint & Primer Combo
The very first coat you put on the wall has a ten-dance to smooch around especially if you glob it on thinking it will cover in one coat. By applying a thin layer it does dry quickly but provides a newer less slick surface for the second coat to adhere to better. At least that has been my experience.
On 11/25/2012 8:53 PM, terry12572 wrote:
The tack coat dries quite quickly? I thought that tack coats got their name from the fact that they're still tacky when you paint over them.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, ray <dataman@...> wrote:
>
> We have found that even paints that say _one coat_ doesn't work that
> well. We apply a thin (tack) coating that usually dries quite quickly
> and then we apply a full coat and everything looks great. The tack coat
> is meant to wet the wall and provide some coverage and the second coat
> adheres much better to the wall.
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