Any special techniques that I should use when painting a wall with a dark color?
Answers:
Dark colors are very transparent because of lack of titatium (the white stuff in paint) so next time you are painting with a dark color use a primer tinted as dark at you can or a black or gray primer first...
For now use a smooth roller if you have smooth walls and put on another coat this time go across the wall sideways and you may need another coat after that do that one up and down.it helps fill in the spots...
Good luck!!
Other answers:
Lightly sand and then wash the wall. The next day paint it again.
Lightly sand and then wash the wall. The next day paint it again.
Use a flat paint. Flat hides flaws like this best, as well as disguising flaws in the wall itself. Additionally, when you roll, roll in an X pattern, first one diagonal, and then the other. That should minimize overlapping lines.
Any shade of RED you paint, especially designer colors or specialty shades will be an issue.
Also the lines, or overlap have to do with your form of application. Certainly a short nap roller, filled, then rolled to get rid of excess in the roller tray is a better way to go than some others. Better to have to re-roll to cover, than roll to smooth lines and overlap.
I would,,,if it had been possible, have sprayed the wall from the outset.
Red has as much pigment in it as the other natural colors, Blue and Yellow. The effect could be the same in all 3.
I painted a kitchen in Washington State (no matter that however)
The customer had chosen the colors and Ralph Lauren Paint brand. No offense to Ralph, but i'll never do that again.
It took more than 3 coats, still wasn't what I wanted to "sign" my name to, and taught me very basic lessons.
First,,,choose a quality paint,,,actually no matter the color.
Then assume that the higher the gloss factor there will be benefits as well as problems. Flat often flows better and drys more smoothly depending on how much you apply, but has less agent in it to afford easy clean up after the finger prints attack the wall.
The secret remains, in your method of application, as much as in the pigment content of the paint, and the gloss agents used to create flat, satin, semi-gloss, high gloss.
Rev. Steven