Question

Has anyone painted grey over green and it stays grey rather than blue? Recently moved into our forever home and I want to change the green fences and shed to grey. Done a 1st coat yesterday and the grey looks more blue. Not sure if it’s because it was green underneath it’s not giving a true colour to the grey or just as the door is still blue (to be changed also). Thanks

Answer 1

Hi I did mine last year with Cuprinol urban slate took two coats but the first covered really well

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@coarsen73552 ooh that looks lovely, do you have any other pictures pls. Not sure whether to go dark grey or not?  

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@cohere1957 this is one of my gates grey and cream

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Don’t worry I was worried it would be dark but not at all and my garden is not very big go for it

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@coarsen73552 looks really nice, love the gate x

Answer 2

Sounds silly - take your photo and cover the door with your finger - then what colour do you see (it's like the optical illusion posts you see about different coloured tablets on light and dark backgrounds, but it's the same colour tablet)?  

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@interpellation3334 does look less blue, what do you think? X

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I think it looks light grey, when you take the rest of the blue items out of the frame

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@interpellation3334 great, thank you. I’ve had to have a smaller garden for a bigger house and my old garden was so lovely, I can’t wait to get out there and try and love this garden as much as I did my last  Just want it to be perfect x

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I'd love to paint our fences but we are renting, so I think a good clean and refresh will have to do.  

Answer 3

Can’t see the grey or blue paint

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@bohun4886 the grey is on the shed, back of the photo.  

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I know, you can’t really see it unfortunately. Maybe pressure washer or black ? Can be annoying when a colour doesn’t take x

Answer 4

Maybe do fence black instead or do another coat of grey.  

Answer 5

Is this comment meant for me as if so I don’t know what u mean sorry