How do you touch up Ralph Lauren suede paint?
Posted by Monica in Ralph Lauren Paint on 10 19th, 2006 | 18 responses
Here’s a question we received via Myspace:
Hi,
I repainted a dresser a few years ago with paint I purchased at Home Depot that I thought was Ralph Lauren suede. It has looked great, but now needs touchup. How do I do this? Do I have to strip the whole thing and repaint? Can I paint over what I have? I remember a 2 step procedure with a base coat and a glaze? Help!
Debbie
As I have personally never opened a can of RL paint, I shall have to consult Those Who Have Gone There and Done That. I will report back here with my findings.
Meanwhile, if any of you fix chicks have experience with this, feel free to comment away!
So far, this is what I’ve found…
This info is from someone who has painted 3 rooms with Ralph Lauren suede paint! He or she gives a very in-depth account of her experience. This is what he/she says about touch-ups in particular:
You can read her entire post here. Scroll down a bit to the post made by “moonshadow”.
My painter is using Ralph Lauren suede Desert Plateau) on downstairs wall. After two coats, vertical lines are quite visible.The upstairs was painted by someone else with the paint and there are no lines. Can anyone tell me what happened and what to do about it?
Thank You
Sharene
Sharene, if the second (the infamous “X” coat) in the Suede style paint is applied correctly, there shouldn’t be any lines of any sort visible… usually we hear the visible line complaint about the River Rock type of paint. however, if the painter isn’t familiar with the correct technique for the paint and is not following those instructions, that could account for your stripes.
and that’s weird about the larger touch-up… i had to re-paint a spot about 8 inches in diameter on a wall where polyurethane sealer got splattered on it, three days after i applied the final X coat, and all I did was X-on, X-off (har har) from the same can of paint and it blended in perfectly.
It depends on how dark the shade is. I used a dark brown and it showed every flaw. All the places I touched up are obvious, I have to go over the whole bathroom again. In the living room I used the ’snowdrift’ color and it is much more forgiving. Buy extra paint-it doesn’t go far.
I would like to paint the wall with the suede paint technique in a lighter color. What will show through? Will the suede effect or a texture still be visible? Do I have to start all over? If so, do I have to use a primer first? Thanks for your help. Mary
I didnt have a clue how to use this kind of paint. I just knew to x the last coat. 1 wall took me under 2 hours to do. I didn’t give it much thought I just X-ed it and the wall looks Great! I went back to touch the wall up about a month later and just X-ed here and there to make the wall even. now it looks even better! I think fast Thick X’s are the key.
Hi, I am contemplating using this paint for my bedroom, which will be about 13X13… how many gallons do you suggest I use? Thanks
I painted my living room three toned RL suede. Dark brown on the bottom, cream on top. I blended the two colours and added glaze and painted a 12″ stipe separating the two colours. I suggest any high traffic area to add glaze to the paint as it cleans up much better than just straight RL suede. I tried touching up an area about 5″ dia of the dark coat and it looks terrible. The “sand” in the paint is clear so if you try to blend it, it tends to look lighter than the original coat. I used a sponge and blotted it on thick and it looks a lot better than using a brush.
I am planning to do our bedroom, but I am unsure what color to use. I want to have a camel color for teh finished product, but wandered how the paint would look on the wall. Sometimes a paint looks one color then turns out lighter or darker. RIght now the walls are a flat white. Any suggestions?
Has anyone ever tried to do stripes or a pattern with the RL Suede along with a flat paint on orange peel textured walls? Here in the North West all walls have that orange peel effect (not smooth, but dimpled) and I am affraid to spend all this money on the RL paint and have it not tape off well. My plan was do the flat first (two coats) then chalk line my Harlequin pattern, then tape off every other row of diamonds and then follow the insturctions for the RL Suede in those spaces only. I wanted to be daring and do a Harlequin pattern with clean & crips edges. Suggestions anyone? Please!
i want to repaint a room that has rl suede finish.
do i have to sand the wals first if iwant to paint with a regular finish?
The paint is beautiful but beware….it scuffs and comes off very easily. Def not for traffic areas where the wall will be touched!!!! Otherwise an awesome look.
Да, было бы смешно, если б к сожалению не было так грустно …
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