Red paint help?

Question

I am painting a room vintage merlot. The swatch looked lovely. I got a tinted primer and put one coat of that. I put 2 coats of paint so far and realize I probably need more. Where I overlapped with the roller is very noticeable. Also you can see a huge difference where I painted the edges and corners. How can I blend the edges and corners together with the walls? I painted all edges first with a brush then used a roller for the walls. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Thanks for all the great answers. I am using Behr paint. I didnt realize that the quality was not that great. Never again!!

Answer 1

I agree with the 1st answer, but when you paint you paint wall for wall meaning cut that one wall in and then roll it. If your using like home depots Bher paints they dry really quick and is a pain to work with even with my many yrs painting. Try to roll as close as your cut in line also and my 1st roller strokes are horizontal as close to my ceiling cut in line remember a roller is different than a brush application resulting in a different texture. This is why you want to roll over your cut in line that you used with a brush as much as possible. I've put reds on that took 7 coats to accomplish the full affect of the color. good luck. feel free to contact me

Answer 2

continue to paint more coats and those areas of noticeable differences will disappear. it will help if you move over a bit for each coat from where you did the previous one, then the roller will not be overlapping in the same place. for the final coat or 2, use one of those edging pads with little wheels on it that roll along the corners, this will avoid brush strokes. 5 coats is what it took me to cover a beige wall with burgundy paint.

Answer 3

If you have a smooth surface make sure your using a 3/8 nap woven roller cover and finish in one direction from (ceiling to floor or floor to ceiling). Also as les mentioned roll as tight as you can to your cut line. Another thing that might help is adding a extender to your paint to slow down the drying time so you can keep that wet edge. Also cut and roll one wall at a time.

Good luck.

paintguy

Answer 4

I've been there. It took us 5 coats of brick red to pain our entry way. We were going to paint more rooms before the 3rd coat went up. You'll just need to keep coating. I wish red paint came with a warning label that it could drive you insane!

Answer 5

You would be better investing in a better quality paint, so that you don't have to keep applying coats to your walls. You will have to mask some areas to get a crisper edge.