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jeff47

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1. You could try Kilz

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 05:00 PM

Nov 2014

I've had good luck with it covering old paint. It is a primer, so you'd have to put something else on top of the Kilz.

Don't use Kilz 2 - it's latex (water-based) and may not stick to the old solvent-based paint.

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Hi friends, I need an alternative to current paint to cover calsomine. [View all] Paper Roses Nov 2014 OP

You could try Kilz jeff47 Nov 2014 #1

Calcimine is water based. Essentially white wash. GeorgeGist Nov 2014 #2

Some were solvent-based. jeff47 Nov 2014 #3

I don't know anything about calsomine, but dolphinsandtuna Mar 2015 #4