Painting Over Smoke Stains?

No problem, just takes time. You can apply primer over the paint you've done. It dries quicly. Then add a coat of paint over that.

Good luck!

Try KIltz & then paint, this should take care of the bleeding.

You've already gotten the right advice for taking care of your ceiling-it's simple, really. But, before you do anything else, GO BUY A CO DETECTOR! If that gas fireplace malfunctioned long enough to soot up your ceiling, you're very lucky that you haven't given your local funeral director some early business.

Lu

July 1, 20050 found this helpful

Well i have learned alot in the last week about painting !!! u may want to wash the walls with a product called TSP it wont take the primer off the walls and when u have done that then u can paint it whatever color u want Follow directions for using the TSP

Its o.k. that you already have painted over the spots ad an additional coat of KILZ its a primer that covers water spots and smoke stains it can be bought at your local wal-mart just like paint, you can buy a quart or a gallon. It also works for other stains and can be used as a "paint" and can be customized to all sorts of colors if you dont want white. Good Luck!

It doesn't matter how many coat of water-based emulsion you use, the stain will come back through when it's dry. A cheap way of sealing the stain is to use a oil-based undercoat or a oil-based gloss.

Stu

March 19, 20100 found this helpful

I am painting kitchen cabinets from a house with a chain smoker. I lightly sanded and cleaned with TSP, sprayed two coats of Kills primer. The smoke stains are still coming through; I cannot use oil base paints or stains. Any Ideas?

weldelr

October 18, 20100 found this helpful

Thanks for the advice about the Kiltz (spelling). I picked up some and will paint over the soot stain before painting over the stained area. Let you know if it works okay.