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does emulsion paint cover vinyl silk paint?

my childrens bedroom is painted deep blue and dark red, i want to change it to light colours, so need to know if emulsion would cover the silk paint before painting it again

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Vinyl Silk is an emulsion paint. You get Matt or Vinyl silk finishes of emulsion

    A couple of coats of white emulsion will take away the dark colour then you can paint it to your liking

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes emulsion will cover silk paint as silk paint is an emulsion. But first I would cover the walls with a base of white Matt emulsion, this will give a better base for your light coloured emulsion paint. As this is a children's bedroom I would suggest that you get a vinyl silk emulsion (silk emulsion is wipe-able with a damp cloth) as the paint to go over the walls where you have painted them white.

    I do hope that this is of help to you. If you use undercoat as someone has suggested it will take a while to dry and will make the room smell for a day at least as undercoat is an oil based paint, and this is totally unnecessary.

    Source(s): experienced in decorating my own home
  • 1 decade ago

    Yes but having two children of my own, I'd recommend sticking to a vinyl silk emulsion - it's much easier to wipe clean!

  • john m
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Unless you go over the walls with white emulsion first then the colour you paint on the wall will always come out as a darker shade.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes it does, but you will need 2, 3 or even more coats of emulsion and even then the darker colours will bleed through.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yeah no problem wil just need 2 or 3 coats to cover it.

    Source(s): My Uncle Les, professional painter and decorator with over 50 years experience!
  • 1 decade ago

    hi yes it will cover may need more than one coat ive done it many times

  • 1 decade ago

    it will but you will have to put an undercoat on first

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