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19 October 2011

Re: [DIY] painting over caulking

 

Anytime you patch a spot Cindi you run the risk it will show to a certain degree.   Remember, any area you paint over now, will have two coats of paint while the patch will have only one coat.  You'll just have to do it, feather it out the best you can and wait a day for it to dry good to determine if it's going to take another coat.  I'd definitely let it dry overnight though to see the final effect.  The quality of your paint will also determine how well your repainted area covers.   You don't say how big this wall is but once you get it to the point of painting, I'd paint up to and a little above eye level and down to below the normal vision point.  In otherwards, don't stop it right at eye level.  It's a little like painting or wallpapering in a bathroom.  You don't want to make a mistake across from the commode as it will always be right at eye level, LOL.


We used SW throughout the house and the lumunious in my studio.  I've done lots of touchups and I can't even tell where - however, none of those were patches nor as large as you describe.  He might have used regular sheetrock mud to repair the patches and didn't let it dry thoroughly before he painted so that would definitely show.  When we do a patch, like the walls in the bathroom recently, we let it dry overnight before we sanded and painted.  I'd like to think he wouldn't use caulking to repair a wall patch :)
        
On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Cindi Waters wrote:


Jan Flood




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