I want to change my baseboard and window color can I paint over a cran

Marilyn Brown
by Marilyn Brown
I want to change my baseboard and window color, can I paint over a cranberry color with white chalk paint without having to sand first?
I want to change my badbaord color, can I paint over this with chalk pain without sanding?
  6 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Feb 15, 2018

    you will have to use a primer

  • Ken Ken on Feb 15, 2018

    You should spend most of your time preparing a surface before painting, much more time than applying the paint. If you don't make it clean and remove the gloss from the old finish there is a very good chance that the paint will start coming off.

  • Ann Cherkas Halstead Ann Cherkas Halstead on Feb 15, 2018

    You may have to paint with Kilz first to cover the dark color.

  • Cindy Cindy on Feb 15, 2018

    You will have to prime first - I would recommend 2 coats of Kilz and then 2 coats of your topcoat color.

  • Susan krom Susan krom on Feb 15, 2018

    Absolutely--one of the many wonders of chalk paint! Probably will need two coats to get a clean white. If leaving it with just chalk paint-don't forget to seal it with a wax-but since it is a window and prone to temperature changes possibly, I would seal with a urethane-semi gloss

  • Cindy Hagemann Cindy Hagemann on Feb 15, 2018

    I would not use chalk paint - I would use oil based primer and paint instead.