Topic: Paint color gone bad?!
babydollkate's photo
Sun 02/15/09 10:58 PM
Well I tried my first painting job today and well, need less to say, it's the wrong color.:angry: What happened from soft yellow to unripe green banana peel coloring? I am so dead tomorrow when everyone see's it. LOL Oh well, can always paint over it tomorrow I guess.oops

Drifters13's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:01 PM
what are you painting?

babydollkate's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:04 PM
My bathroom, which is kinda tiny and I thought by adding a nice soft yellow it would reflect the light better and make it look bigger. Now it just looks like a banada hahaha ohh my..

Drifters13's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:05 PM
It happens. Try a soft blue, like a baby blue or something.

But I've been wrong before.....

chevylover1965's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:05 PM
laugh should of tryed a bright blue ....
you want bright color's for small room's ..flowerforyou

Citizen_Joe's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:06 PM

My bathroom, which is kinda tiny and I thought by adding a nice soft yellow it would reflect the light better and make it look bigger. Now it just looks like a banada hahaha ohh my..


Throw in some of that long yellow and green shag carpet and nobody will notice. Make sure it has at least one unrecognizable stain.

babydollkate's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:06 PM
well I don't have time to re-paint it now, everyone gets home tomorrow morning.

Drifters13's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:13 PM


My bathroom, which is kinda tiny and I thought by adding a nice soft yellow it would reflect the light better and make it look bigger. Now it just looks like a banada hahaha ohh my..


Throw in some of that long yellow and green shag carpet and nobody will notice. Make sure it has at least one unrecognizable stain.


:laughing:

no photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:16 PM

Well I tried my first painting job today and well, need less to say, it's the wrong color.:angry: What happened from soft yellow to unripe green banana peel coloring? I am so dead tomorrow when everyone see's it. LOL Oh well, can always paint over it tomorrow I guess.oops




Did you strip off the old paint? You're supposed to do that, you know? Otherwise the old paint might bleed through onto your new paint and create a whole new color you didn't intend on getting.

Winx's photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:17 PM
Edited by Winx on Sun 02/15/09 11:17 PM


Well I tried my first painting job today and well, need less to say, it's the wrong color.:angry: What happened from soft yellow to unripe green banana peel coloring? I am so dead tomorrow when everyone see's it. LOL Oh well, can always paint over it tomorrow I guess.oops




Did you strip off the old paint? You're supposed to do that, you know? Otherwise the old paint might bleed through onto your new paint and create a whole new color you didn't intend on getting.


You strip old paint off of the walls?

I put on a base coat.





no photo
Sun 02/15/09 11:35 PM
Yeah. You can also put on a base coat as well. But you tend to wanna sand the old paint down so that the new paint sticks. Otherwise, it'll come off in fruit roll-up like sluffs that -needless to say- don't look too good.

babydollkate's photo
Wed 02/18/09 07:34 AM
Thanks for all the advice everyone. As of this weekend the wall is getting a paint over. Now that it's dried and i've gotten used to it i don't mind it but my mom will have no part in a lemon drop color, too bright for her :P

no photo
Wed 02/18/09 08:00 AM
White is always right.
Its boring but I don't care.
Its cheap and easy to clean.

lilith401's photo
Wed 02/18/09 08:03 AM
Slap a glaze over it....