Those with red walls.

How many coats did you have to do? We are painting one wall red and my god its like a big mess blotches all over

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I don't have red walls but I have watched a lot of design shows and a lot of them use tinted primer...

good luck painting!!!

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We recently painted our white kitchen red- 2 coats. We used SW Paint.

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Kristin, Larry did 2 coats of red primer and 5 coats of regular paint on our dining room and it still could probably use another coat.

It looks great, but what a pain.

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we did our kitchen red as well and it only took us 2 coats of red paint.

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my advice is to prime first. i know it is an obvious but i was too lazy and painted burgandy over a yellow wall. it took 4 coats but it actually worked out well because when the 2 coats dried i didn't like the color so chose another color and painted another 2 coats.

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It was definitely 2...but, maybe 3.

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I would definately suggest tinted primer. I did 2 walls in Scotty's room red, used 3 coats, and it really could have used another 1

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Yes, you definitely need a good tinted primer and then maybe three coats of paint. A good paint. I only use Benjamin Moore.

Make sure the walls are really prepped well and your color is well mixed, you shouldn't have any blotches.

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we did 2..it is more of a terra cotta color.

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When we did a deep rose color without a dark primer it took about 4 coats, maybe 5. It was scary watching it go on at first b/c it seemed like it would never cover! When it was done it looked great!

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The lady in Home Depot said since we are going over a brown we wouldnt need a primer.

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We did 3 coats and used no primer on our red room. It was a pain but it looks great now.

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don't be nervous w/ the color after the first coat, it will look different w/ the 2nd and 3rd. maybe you should test paint a wall before painting the whole room. reds and maroons are tough colors and don't always look like they do in the can or on the swatch.

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4 coats

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i helped paint my sister in laws bedroom red and we did 2 coats...

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We had a tinted red primer and it took 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of paint!! I couldn't believe it, but after the 2nd coat of paint - it just still looked blotchy. Totally worth it though.

Good luck!

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BM... no primer... the walls were green underneath.... only 2 coats!! no bloches... Benjamin Moore Plum Raisin i think the color is! i love it!

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Good luck!!!

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We have one red wall but it came that way. My friend just bought a house and said it took 4 coats of red to paint their dining room.

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what brand paint are you using? That's probably a factor!

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Behr.

Last night we applied the 3rd coat with a very good roller very $$ looks so much BETTER.

My FIL is here and im very greatful that he bought us the stuff but hes cheap and bought cheap stuff. My dad recomended buying a good roller and that did the trick.

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I can't believe how many people have red rooms!

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tinted primer and two coats of behr here.