i want to paint my room silver. can you paint over silver?
I would advise against painting any room, let alone your bedroom, silver. In a bedroom you want a color that is calming. Go with a soft color. Add silver with lamps or other accent pieces.
No silver bedroom here. But yes you can paint over it in the future.
If you need to make a room silver you can do it a couple ways. Line the walls with metallic material like sheet metal, aluminum or foil or paint it with silver spray paint. These are the only ways I can think of that will make your room silver.
I have not painted my bedroom silver, but we use metallic paints all the time. We use Modern Masters Metallic Paint collection. Are you wanting to do all your walls silver? If so, I'm sure that you are aware that you this is going to be VERY overwhelming, and you will probably grow tired of it quickly. Yes, you can paint over the Modern Masters paint, they are water base paints, you will just need to prime first. Have you considered doing just an accent wall in silver? Or just the ceiling? One thing we do often is metallic over textured wallpapers, which gives the appearance of metal embossed tins and is very nice.
I don't have a silver painted bedroom, but I do have a silver painted kitchen! The ceramic tiles are black, the counter is black, the floor tiles and cabinets are white... and the walls are silver. Since silver paint is hard to get right without the streaks from the paintbrush showing, what we did was to paint the wall silver first with 2 coats. Then, at WalMart, in the spray paint, you'll find silver, gold, black and white spray paint that gives spiderweb silver texture coming out. We put that in silver right on top of the paint. Everyone that sees it for the first time is highly impressed. Many think it's wallpaper but it's just plain old paint! I have also done trim silver in the hallways and the main entrance of the house. I used Metallic Effects paint from Home Depot for this and contrary to the oil-based silver, it doesn't show the streaks. What I like about silver is it is a neutral color. You can then match any color of the rainbow to it. Oh... and as for the person who said you'll get sick of silver, I don't agree. My kitchen has been silver for 3 years now and I'm still not sick of it. I doubt I ever will be. Using metallic paint gives a richness you can't get with other paints. You can get some great metallic paints at Home Depot and Rona. Go for the silver paint... even if no one here has ever done it, keep in mind that it's YOUR room and you can do what you want with it. And if you don't like it, keep in mind it's only paint... the cheapest way to change a room quickly.... so you can always repaint over it! Enjoy yourself!
