Irregular paint sheen?

4 years ago

The paint in question is BM Pale Oak, Regal Select, Pearl sheen. Applied over flat white builder's paint.

I've only painted with Pearl sheen on two other walls, with a really dark color (BM Yorktowne Green) that required two coats anyway. I've gotten really solid coverage with Pale Oak so far, and it should have been good with one coat except... I don't have roller marks, but you can see where the roller was because it's like one stroke has shine, the next one is matte. Shine, matte, all over the wall, like some strokes had a sheen and some didn't. It's not photographing well, I'll try again in the morning with different light.

This happened a little bit with Yorktowne Green (also Regal Select Pearl) but it didn't jump out at me so much because a second coat seemed to even most of it out. Pale Oak has good enough coverage I shouldn't need a second coat but for the irregularity of the finish.

I painted other rooms with the same roller covers (ACE Hardware) in SW Emerald and didn't have any issues. ACE is our local BM dealer and after seeing this happen a little with the green walls, they suggested making sure I stir more frequently as I go. I did that last night and Pale Oak still looks quite patchy.

Will a second coat fix it or is there some secret to applying this paint? I really like the Pearl finish it seems to have a mind of its own.

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Faron79
4 years ago
This is all "Technique"!

My analogy I always tell customers....

* To preface this, I state "Everybody knows how to Paint". And we are all guilty of this!

* BUT ........ if I give an identically loaded roller to 10 different people, & put in them in 10 identical rooms.....

( you now know where this is going! )

* We all know there won't be 2 areas covered the same!

* Some will push the paint way too far/thin, others will have it too thick, many will apply it about right!

>>>>> But again...."Everybody knows how to paint........". Ummmm, yeah.

* The people in the middle will LOVE the paint!

* The "applied too thick/thin" group will hate the paint, saying "This paint sucks.....it doesn't cover/it's too thick"! And so on....

SO...... What's the variable here?!??!?

HINT: It ain't the Paint 🤓😉😈

Faron
Rebekah L
Original Author
4 years ago
@Faron79 so what do you recommend that I could do better?
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cat_ky
4 years ago
Some paint says 1 coat coverage, but, your paint job will always be better with 2 coats of paint.
Faron79
4 years ago
eep Ok.....here's my "Hybrid technique" that I often tell our Customers. Not trying to "Toot my Horn", but my walls at home are flawless....🤓😁

* I work in 3' wide sections. 4' is too wide.

* Assuming 8' walls, use a fully loaded White-Dove roller-cover, & start at the top left.

* Use the "Slanted N or W" pattern to spread out the paint in a 2' high rectangle.

* Load the cover for EACH block in the column.

* Overall pattern: you're "filling-in" a vertical column of 4 2' high x 3' wide "blocks"!

* Here's the REAL difference-maker..... after the column is filled in, bring your roller immediately to the top left, & do a light, continuous "Sweep" down to the bottom.

* Lightly lift off the roller at the bottom, & do another light top-down sweep. ALWAYS Top-to-bottom. Think of a plane taking-off here!

* Should be about 4 top-down sweeps per 3' column using a 9" cover.

2 things are happening here:

1) This technique "GETS ENOUGH PAINT" on the wall, without being too thick OR thin.

2) The vertical sweep is the REAL IMPORTANT part. You're evening-out the thick & thin areas....AND, more importantly, the paint is now "Leaning" the same way.

Modern paints start setting up fairly fast. Most TV commercials show people painting willy-nilly in the middle of the wall. I have to shake my head 🤔😬😬

This scattershot way of doing it leaves all kinds of varying thickness areas across a wall!! Plus, you get the visible "roller-path" when you go back 1 minute later to fill in a "thin spot". Why is this??? Because, the paint is a little more "set", leaning in a different direction, & also with a different thickness. You'll always see it....

Remember.....you asked.....🤓🤪😉

Faron
Rebekah L thanked Faron79
Rebekah L
Original Author
4 years ago
I did ask, and I appreciate you taking the time to write this out for me!
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Flo Mangan
4 years ago
Perfect description Faron 79!