Can you help with painting a bedroom?

Question

We are painting the bedrooms.
Bedroom 1 had red paint. We primed it. Then put one coat of taupe semi gloss. Looks good.
Bedroom 2 had light aqua. painted it with white. Then taupe semi gloss. Both coats show streaks. Will one more coat of taupe help? Is it the way we are painting? Is there a best method to paint?

thanks for your time.

Answer 1

one more coat of taupe

Answer 2

I've been painting since I was sixteen years old, maybe a thousand homes. Some colors like blue, green certain yellows all need to be primed. I always try it first then decide what to do.
I know it's heart breaking to paint an entire room and then have it dry and the original coat show through. Especially if your on a short expense account.
Try priming next time, you won't run into these problems in fact, "Kilz" a very good primer now comes in colors.

Answer 3

There are a couple of things you could or could have done that would have made your painting job more successful. First, primer. Primer/sealer would have sealed the old paint and given the new paint something to hold on to. In the primer process you can tint the primer with the color you are planning to paint. Particularly over the red. It helps cover better. Semi gloss in a bedroom is a bit much. I would not recommend anything shinier than eggshell finish but whats done is done. Another coat on the walls would probably help but for future projects....primer, primer and more primer. Especially when changing colors.

Answer 4

You should have primed it again. This works as a block for the next coat of paint. I would get a primer and have it tinted to the color you are painting and then paint a coat of the color you are planning to use.