How do I paint over red walls?

[Racecardriver]

New house has shiny blood red walls in the living room. The room isn't huge 4x4 meters but very high ceilings as Georgian build. Can I paint over the walls without spending a fortune?

You'd have to paint over in white emulsion first. I've been using Crown trade white Matt and it gives good coverage and it's £10 for s big tub in Bunnings

Yes, I did this in my house. My son's bedroom was a kind of wine-red and it took two coats of Dulux.

Agree with pp. Paint white. And repeat until there is no whisper of pink and then paint the colour you want to live with.

As with others, I have done this. You must go perfectly matt emulsion White first as otherwise you'll affect the new colour.

Yep - basic matt white. Many coats.

One of the bedrooms of our house was hot pink with a wall of pink with black cheetah print stencil-painted on top. They had artfully hidden the cheetah print wall behind ceiling-height bookshelves when we viewed it....

After one coat of white we actually went over it with about 3 coats of a cream colour as that was what was to hand, and it's worked out fine too

And darker colours still? Black or very dark blue respond well to lining paper and then passing.......little brother was a goth and while my parents were on holiday painted every surface in His room mat black ........lining paper on walls and ceiling then painted white then papered/painted.....all goth trace gone

We painted over bright yellow, scarlet and navy blue in various rooms in our old house. Our painter did a coat of mid grey first to cancel out any warm / cold shades and then painted white / color.

Our decorator also did grey first over the lurid pink, electric blue and deep yellow rooms.

If they’re shiny it might be silk emulsion so you may need to sand the walls down first before applying a ton of Matt paint

light grey emulsion is better for blocking colours than white.

Buy a proper brand paint, not a cheap one

Use matt because future coats will grip better. If the old paint is silk, rub it lightly with fine grade wet-and-dry paper enough to kill the shine. The advantage of W&D is that you can keep throwing it in a bucket of water to wash the dust off, so it doesn't get clogged. Have several pieces on the go. Using wet also means no dust. Wash off the wall and rub with a towel when you've finished.

@pigletjohn if I do that will it remove the colour or just the sheen?

the abrasive will take off the shine, and will also reduce drips or blobs in the old pain. But it is not supposed to strip the paint.

600 grade wet and dry is widely used when painting cars, to flat off any blemishes in the primer or undercoat.