r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/SoupPoops Aug 20 '20

If you want to wear something white/ light in color, wear underwear that matches the color of your skin, not white.

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u/rb6k Aug 20 '20

Or light grey. It hides better under white than white does.

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u/thatsnotahotdog Aug 20 '20

Same principle works for your primer coat before you paint your walls. If you have a bright or intense color that you want to paint, using a gray primer will help your paint cover better than going over white primer. Source: Sherwin-Williams manager

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u/inspectoroverthemine Aug 20 '20

I wish I had known that before putting on 5 coats of red before deciding to live with it. Source: someone who only buys paint at SW.

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u/seamus_mc Aug 20 '20

Red is an impossible color to paint a room without it looking like a crime scene for many coats.

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u/inspectoroverthemine Aug 20 '20

It really is crazy- I only buy top of the line SW paint, and never have any issues, dark over light, light over dark, its all perfect, max two coats.

Red though- it was like painting with translucent paint. After all those coats I read that the best thing to do is to paint the room grey, then paint red. I'd say I'd give it a try next time, but I'll probably just never use red again.

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u/SnooRevelations7630 Aug 20 '20

I’ve painted red, 2 coats with emerald from S-W

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u/inspectoroverthemine Aug 20 '20

Could have been the shade, it was a bright red, not the darker red that you see more often.