Potential client would like some work done, which includes some painting. Seems she spilled a glass of the red vintage stuff and it landed conveniently on a flat white painted wall in the kitchen. She went to scrub it off with water and soap, and either the paint came off with the wine, or the wine didn’t come off all the way. Looking at it, I’d have to say the wine stained the wall, though she contends otherwise.
At any rate, what to do, what to do. Anyone dealt with wine stains and paint before? My first guess is to prime the wall with an oil based primer, Kilz, for example. Then follow up with the same paint they have now (they don’t want to change a thing, lest they should need to leave the place and unload it; they are very elderly, the place is 5 years old, and is way overpriced.)
TIA.
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Oil kilz should work. I've never primed over wine before but if the oil Kilz doesn't cut it, they have shellac based Kilz too that should handle it.
>>Oil kilz
Oil Kilz? I'm familiar with the shellac based, and the (I think lousy) water based - is there also an oil based?
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The original Kilz...gets ya real loopy in a closet. Just got a gal.@ Lowes..9.99...
Zinnsers B.I.N. is shellac based.
Edit. to include that BIN..part
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get some more of the same wine and "do" the whole wall.
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I should have guessed that would be your solution. What, and waste a good bordeaux? I think not my good sir!
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Who said anything about bordeaux? Jug wine is cheaper than paint!
Ahhh, but the couple is from France, and have the most discerning of tastes. They would reject the jug wine immediately as a revolting imitation of recycled wine pee. And you know we can't have someone peeing all over the walls, my good man. Au revoir.
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But think of the prestige man!
"And this wall here is colored with a RARE Laffitte Rothschild Chateau Briande 1957"
OOOOOH!Mr T
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Wash the wall first with? your choice. I use simple green cut with water, then clean rinse/dry/ prime/paint.
Pinesol/TSP/ect any would do ok. Oil base primer/always unless sombody can't stand the stink for a day
Opps I lied, just looked at what I just finished 45 min ago. New work 2 gal of Kilz-2 latex, seems to have covered good leveled good filled voids good smells like paint.
Clay
I say finish off the bottle and talk about it tomorrow...
On TV, OxiClean Active works on red wine. Consumer Reports tested it (March, 2004, page 9) and found it was the only cleaner of seven tested that did.
Then BIN or Kilz. Be sure to lightly sand before priming and topcoating so there's no texture difference where all the scrubbing was done.
Any place special to find this wonder cleaner? Or is it on the shelf of the local True Value?
Thanks to all for responding, by the way.
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mr. nuke.. wine is basically an acid..... working it's way to vinegar...almost any of the cleaners mentioned should do the trick, then prime and finishMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I don't really know where to buy it; I haven't looked. Since it's a mass marketed product I imagine it's available in general merchandise stores.
Yeah, go to a well-equipped hardware store, down the cleaners aisle, and buy the first thing with "Oxy" in the name.
In fact, in a pinch your Oxy10 zit remover would work. I don't recommend Oxycontin, though -- it didn't do anything to remove stains from Rush Limbaugh.
Yeah, I was going to mention that -- an "oxygen based" cleaner/bleach such as OxyClean would likely at least lighten the stain substantially.