Please tell me it will get better...painting with red paint!?

Question

I did everything I was told...primed the walls with a grey tinted primer, 2 times. Then I moved on to the red. I used W strokes and only did 3 foot sections at a time. My problem is this. I have done 2 coats already and it is starting to look better, but where the sections overlapped, it looks darker. Is this going to go away with the 3rd coat or am I doomed to have to start over? AAAKKK!

Answer 1

You have to let the paint dry completely 3-12 hrs before a second coat. Most times you will see different shades until it dries completely. Have fun

Answer 2

That's why the pros use a PINK base coat under red paint. It sounds like you are using a gloss paint if you are having all this trouble. It's too thin. Check the bottom of the can for pigment that has settled. You may need to mix better OR buy another brand. At this rate, you're looking at 3 or 4 more coats to get a rich look. Next time, use a sprayer!

Answer 3

Wait till it dries and reassess. It may look just fine. give it a good 24 hours before you look at it critically. Also, when painting with bright colors, give your eyes a rest once in a while. You will be amazed at how much more you can see if you stop and take a fifteen minute break once in a while. It sounds like you did everything right, but you did not mention the quality of the paint. Always spring for good paint! My favorite is the Behr brand, but I know that other good brands will work as well. Avoid the "store" brand from places like ***mart, or Ta**et.

Answer 4

Where did you buy the finish paint? Stay away from the big hardware stores. Most of the big name paint stores( sherwin-williams, benjamin-moore, and porter paint have special paints for accent and hard to cover colors. They might be a little more exspensive but worth it in the amount of labor you save. But no, the paint store had it right with the tinted grey primer.

Answer 5

Sounds as though you did not stir the paint throughly or else you are not stirring it while using it; the pigment settles to the bottom of the can.
I used Wal Mart brand of flat latex on one wall in my kitchen to create a lattice effect and had no problem with it.
I used Wal Mart satin on my kitchen cabinet frames and had to coat twice , so maybe it is just the type of paint.
I disagree with those to pooh pooh the cheaper brands of paint, I have always used them over 40 years and had good luck. Whereas I used Sears expensive brand and I had painted a white over yellow for my mother in law and had to paint three coats to cover.

Answer 6

Red is one of those colors that take numerous coats to cover correctly. I painted my son's room "Scarlet and Gray." The gray covered in one coat, the scarlet (red) took four coats, and could have used one more but I ran out of paint.

Just keep re-coating until it's right.

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Yes, that's the problem with the dark colors. If you are using eggshell, that makes all the strokes more pronounced, too, so you may want to switch to flat to finish up.

Answer 8

Paint the red door black.