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I swear by Zinsser Primer. I had to cover a wall that was a really deep burgundy verging on black! I took my time and applied two lights coats before applying my wall color which is a bamboo yellow. No problems with bleed through. It also worked great on the glorious Chicago Bear orange and blue walls, not to mention the pea green!
Sounds utterly odd to me!
I've painted and ocean blue room before - one coat of kilz primer ( make sure to open the windows and have some fans going - it stinks) and then a coat of good quality paint. Is Grassland a paint that is rated to have good coverage with one coat? If not you will be very tired of painting the room three times or even four!
I always paint a room w/at least two coats. The infamous red paint took 3 coats plus a coat of primer.
You did not say whether you intended to repaint the room with red again, just not the shiny finish. In this case, you would need to tint your primer as well...like gray if you are painting red over it.
I got mine at Menards but they also have it at Home Depot.
I have used and really liked both Behr and Ralph Lauren paint in an egg shell finish.
Regarding red paint. If I am correct, and please someone let me know if I am wrong, when painting red on the walls it is best to use a good coat of grey primer then two coats of your base color.
You did not say whether you intended to repaint the room with red again, just not the shiny finish. In this case, you would need to tint your primer as well...like gray if you are painting red over it.
As per the original post, the new color will be Sherwin Williams grassland which is green
Use a grey oil based paint as the cover coat.......
Forget all the machinations.
Just slap on a thin coat of lite grey oil based paint first, then go over it with your finish coats. When in doubt use oil based paint for good coverage over difficult to recoat junk. Don't have to be a primer. Use drywall sanding screen to knock down any dirt or nibs before the finish coats after it all dries well.
Before anybody starts carping about some "Rule" forget it. I've done so many jobs and none it caused the house to fall down or the Earth to cease rotating. It is all interior so you can switch back and forth between oils and latex paints. Works like a charm without major effort and will not cost a fortune. Oil paint does not need to be anything special, whatever is cheap works good. I can bag suitable paints local for like $6 gallon as surplus.
Heather, you said you were using sherwin williams...a couple months ago we had to repaint two walls in the house to get it ready for sale....one wall was raspberry, the other burgundy. I kid you not, we did not use primer, we used sherwin williams, it was a brown, beige and it covered in ONE coat. I would definitely try the one coat and see what happens...save yourself some work. my husband has done a lot of painting and he was shocked. if it had not covered well, he would have done another coat, but it passed his test..
Just slap on a thin coat of lite grey oil based paint first, then go over it with your finish coats. When in doubt use oil based paint for good coverage over difficult to recoat junk. Don't have to be a primer. Use drywall sanding screen to knock down any dirt or nibs before the finish coats after it all dries well.
Before anybody starts carping about some "Rule" forget it. I've done so many jobs and none it caused the house to fall down or the Earth to cease rotating. It is all interior so you can switch back and forth between oils and latex paints. Works like a charm without major effort and will not cost a fortune. Oil paint does not need to be anything special, whatever is cheap works good. I can bag suitable paints local for like $6 gallon as surplus.
Yeah, that'd work too, I suppose. I'm trying to think of whether or not the oil-based paint is cheaper than the primer. It would depend on that.
I would definitely try the one coat and see what happens...save yourself some work. my husband has done a lot of painting and he was shocked. if it had not covered well, he would have done another coat, but it passed his test..
Apparently you haven't seen how my hubby paints. hehe. Sometimes it takes two coats and touch ups here and there.
Flat black goes well over other dark paints and creates a vintage Goth look.
just kidding - its 6:45 in the morning.
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I took my time and applied two lights coats before applying my wall color which is a bamboo yellow. No problems with bleed through. It also worked great on the glorious Chicago Bear orange and blue walls, not to mention the pea green! 
Use a grey oil based paint as the cover coat.......
