What undercoat colour for painting Monument on Cedar walls?

[Janina1]

I have indoor cedar walls with an old oil stain on them. I want to paint them in Colorbond Monument.  I was given a tin of white  3 in 1 undercoat at bunnings. On the can of monument paint, it says that the undercoat should be tinted to monument color or similar,  to get best results.  Should I use the white one I was told to use, return it, or have it tinted? Thankyou.  

[Jewelleryrescue]

Hi @Janina1 

Ideally the undercoat color will be a darker base  shade for darker colors. As  lighter color  want light bases.

Option  

1  Tint the  white 3in 1 at the shop  darker will save you painting extra paint layers.   I think  you must tint it as I  am not sure if three in one has base colors

2 Use the white under coat 3 in1 as it is.  For the monument all you need to do is paint 3 coats instead of  2  coats to gain the full monument color ( 2 coats may lighten the monument color a degree or two. )  So the extra coats covers over the the lighter shade of monument will give you good strong color  results as you wanted.

Either way you will get a  good  job  done.

[Janina1]

Thankyou 🙏 

[EricL]

Hello @Janina1 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about what primer colour to use on your cedar wall.

That's sound advice coming from @Jewelleryrescue. Personally, I would suggest option one and having the primer tinted to monument colour you're after. You'll get a better tone finish as the paint will not have to contrast against the primer coat of your wall. My best advice is to sand all of the oil away to make sure you don't get stain bleeding from the old oil stain.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

[Janina1]

Hi Eric, I took it in today and was told they couldn't tint it dark,  but did it to a grey colour,  so I guess that will have to do. I'll follow the directions of more undercoat and less top. Thankyou.  

[EricL]

Hi @Janina1 

Please keep us updated with your progress, we look forward to seeing your walls painted to its new colour.

Eric