Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Priming walls

04 October 2011

Re: [DIY] Priming walls

Thank you! for your suggestion. I will call the stores around here for the liquid. I was JUST wondering about all that "hard work" I would have to do rinsing and rerinsing the walls -- yes, the liquid TSP would make a nice, handy substitute. Thanks! I guess I would have to let the walls dry and then apply the spackling. Cindi P.S. - I don't think I need a deglosser - the walls were painted flat anyway.

From: subprong <subprong@gmail.com>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Priming walls

Many suggest that you wash your walls with TSP before painting. I believe this is suppose to clean the walls but it also acts as a deglosser so that the new primer or paint will adhere better.

I actually just washed my walls (gonna re-paint them) with a TSP liquid substitution. I don't think this had the hardcore chemical in it and it's listed as "not a deglosser". I don't know if it's my imagination but my walls do actually look better (granted they were not grimy to begin with). With this version I believe there was no need to rinse it. I dumped the liquid in a spray bottle, sprayed the wall and went over it with a sponge. I think with regular TSP it is required that you rinse the walls.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:05 AM, clean_boost <clean_boost@yahoo.com> wrote:

First off, let me express gratitude for the many helpful answers from people oon this board. I am getting my apartment painted, and I have dirty, messy walls (messy from holes from screws, etc.), and dirty from years of accumulated stuff. The man I spoke to (a friend of the family that we're paying, who claims to know "everything") wants to do what I consider a slapdash job with Behr's paint + primer in one. However, the walls are messy and have many holes. My first question is: if he paints OVER the blotches and spackled holes, will one coat of this paint w/primer do the job? My SECOND question is this -- we have ants, lots of them, in the walls, etc., of the building (South Florida). They enter through any means possible, including holes that are drilled, etc. for pictures and so forth. Is there ANY WAY POSSIBLE that I can spray the wals BEFORE the paint job? Or is there a primer that will contain insecticide? Realizing that ants are virtually unstoppable in their quest for food, do you think that one coat of primer+paint would be sufficient? thanks in advance.