DIY House Painting Gone Wrong

PAOK11 on 23/01/2018 - 11:00
Last edited 23/01/2018 - 11:44 by 1 other user

Hi, I was hoping a DIY expert painter or professional painter can help me with my wall.

Long story short, the wall was damaged & had holes & gouges. I've filled & sanded the holes. I matched the paint and bought undercoat.
I undercoated the wall and gave it 2 coats. The finish looked great at night with the down lights hitting it however the next day I looked at the wall and was disappointed with the finish! The natural light shows all the roller marks and you can see where I have rolled the paint on.

The finish paint is a Haymes White - low sheen.

Any help would be appreciated ?

Thank-you.

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boomramada on 23/01/2018 - 11:05

+3

Buy a good quality roller, ie microfiber roller and do it again, two more cotes will fix it. Roll it in one direction, either up and down. or left and right, not round and round :)
- ESEMCE on 23/01/2018 - 11:15
  
  +2
  
  +1
  and Mix your paint before painting.
  - boomramada on 23/01/2018 - 11:26
    
    Yep, mix the damn paint like no tomorrow and watch a DYI painting youtube clip, there are great tutorials.
    
    If all failed, call this guy.
Nugs on 23/01/2018 - 11:10

+1

picture?
CheapSticks on 23/01/2018 - 11:44

good paint and roller help overcome technical handicaps - speaking from experience.
aussieprepper on 23/01/2018 - 12:09

if you have a few blemishes try lightly sanding the wall?
Euphemistic on 23/01/2018 - 12:31

+1

Putting more coats over the top without sanding or refinishing will not make much improvement.

Painting is easy, painting well is a bit of an art. Mostly it is in the prep, but technique is important too.
DarkOz on 23/01/2018 - 12:37

Accept the roller marks and treat them as a feature. There is no need for another coat or two to get rid of the roller marks.
dr on 23/01/2018 - 12:41

There is a plenty instruction videos how to paint using roller.

Bottom line:
- do not have pint dripping from the roller,
- paint small rectangle at the time let say 75x75cm
- initially apply paint in N, M or W pattern, across that rectangle
- spread it horizontally (across the same rect) including the edges of adjacent painted rects.

You will need 2 finishing coats
Elppa8 on 23/01/2018 - 12:46

After finishing a section, 2 or 3 roller widths, “lay off” as you would with brush painting, that is, a final light stroke/roll in one direction bottom to top.
JimmyF on 23/01/2018 - 13:49

You pressed to hard when rolling…..

Sadly its a sand and repaint to fix.
dcuksuop on 23/01/2018 - 13:53

Did you paint the whole wall or just parts of it?
onetwothreefour on 23/01/2018 - 15:18

Set your house on fire.
PAOK11 on 23/01/2018 - 16:12

-2

thanks to everyone who commented. I did mix the paint properly & used a expensive sheepskin roller. I have painted a huge room before and it came out perfect but the way the light hits the wall makes this job much harder
- sk1ppy on 24/01/2018 - 07:18
  
  +1
  
  Very difficult to get the roller marks out now buddy. Redo it in a Matt finish this time. It's a flatter finish and the marks won't catch the light as much. I'm a professional painter and it's what we do if too much light shows up dodgy plasterwork or old roller marks 👍
  - PAOK11 on 24/01/2018 - 12:53
    
    Thanks mate. I assume I have to lightly sand the roller marks before painting ?
    - Euphemistic on 24/01/2018 - 13:25
      
      That depends on the roller marks. You might have to heavily sand them!
    - sk1ppy on 24/01/2018 - 13:53
      
      Sand them back as much as you can so there's no thick edges. It's not easy but if you have an orbital sander that will help. You may need to fill the imperfections afterwards if there's any.
chumlee on 24/01/2018 - 13:55

+1

Leave the downlights on 24/7
TLD on 17/05/2022 - 14:04

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