What kind of paint can i use to cover/hide grease stains in my kitchen walls/ceiling?
The best way to paint over and cover grease stains is the following. 1. wash off as much of the grease as possible with a mixture of warm water and dish liquid soap 2. prime with an OIL primer, do not use latex primer for this (you may want 2 coats of primer) 3. topcoat with 2 coats of a high quality latex paint You want oil primer because latex primer cannot seal in the grease and oil . What you are seeing is the oil and grease seeping right through and re-staining the latex paint you put on there. You will now need to prime (maybe with two coats) with an oil primer then topcoat with a high quality (2 coats) topcoat of paint. And yes, latex paint can go over oil primer and vice versa. Where you would have problems is oil paint over latex paint and vice versa. There are people who will say that you have to use oil paint with oil primer and latex paint with latex primer but they are wrong. Primer is manufactured in a way that it can be topcoated with a different base. Good luck. If you
