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I have just finished painting a large bedroom and as I was finishing off the last coat on the last wall I reached the first wall I started painting tonight and noticed that it was starting to look like a dried out river bed.
The room was originally painted a very deep dark purple over 8 years ago. Because the purple was so dark and the new colour quite light I decided to cover with white first before I put my girlfriend's choice of "Mellow Mocca" over the top. Realising it was going to be a big job I thought I'd give Dulux's paint pod a go, hopefully making my job much easier, with the key thing being quicker as I knew I was going to have to do some of the coats after long days at work. On Saturday last weekend I put what ended up looking like a thin coat of "Pure Brilliant White" emulsion over the purple, on Sunday the second coat of white went on but the purple was still very pervasive. Over two nights during the working week I managed to get the third coat of white on and it looked fine, no hint of the purple remained. Satisfied I gave myself a couple of days off painting.
First thing this morning (Saturday) I put the first coat of Mellow Mocha on, it went on brilliantly but as I went around the room there were still small bits of white visible so I resolved to put another coat on, in hindsight that might have been my mistake. I gave the bedroom several hours to dry and decided to put the last coat on tonight (Saturday night). The paint says it should dry in 2-4 hours and it had been around 7-8 hours and everything felt dry so I put the second coat on glad that I'd finally be rid of the job.
I was only just finishing off the last wall when I noticed the first wall was starting to look cracked like when you see pictures of a river bed after a long drought. The cracks aren't exactly wide or deep looking but they are noticeable without getting too close and I'm worried it's going to look even worse in the morning.
My girlfriend comes back from a trip away in a weeks time and I had hoped to get another smaller room painted but it now looks like I am going to have to do something to sort out whatever I've done wrong in the first room.
Can anyone suggest what I've likely done wrong so I can learn from my mistake? Is five coats in the space of eight days the problem or is it that I actually got myself organised to start and finish two coats in the space of twelve hours? Everything was looking pretty good until I put the last coat on tonight.
More importantly what can I do to rectify the situation? I am very much an amateur decorator (that much may be obvious) so anything simple would be a godsend.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
Cheers
Paul
The room was originally painted a very deep dark purple over 8 years ago. Because the purple was so dark and the new colour quite light I decided to cover with white first before I put my girlfriend's choice of "Mellow Mocca" over the top. Realising it was going to be a big job I thought I'd give Dulux's paint pod a go, hopefully making my job much easier, with the key thing being quicker as I knew I was going to have to do some of the coats after long days at work. On Saturday last weekend I put what ended up looking like a thin coat of "Pure Brilliant White" emulsion over the purple, on Sunday the second coat of white went on but the purple was still very pervasive. Over two nights during the working week I managed to get the third coat of white on and it looked fine, no hint of the purple remained. Satisfied I gave myself a couple of days off painting.
First thing this morning (Saturday) I put the first coat of Mellow Mocha on, it went on brilliantly but as I went around the room there were still small bits of white visible so I resolved to put another coat on, in hindsight that might have been my mistake. I gave the bedroom several hours to dry and decided to put the last coat on tonight (Saturday night). The paint says it should dry in 2-4 hours and it had been around 7-8 hours and everything felt dry so I put the second coat on glad that I'd finally be rid of the job.
I was only just finishing off the last wall when I noticed the first wall was starting to look cracked like when you see pictures of a river bed after a long drought. The cracks aren't exactly wide or deep looking but they are noticeable without getting too close and I'm worried it's going to look even worse in the morning.
My girlfriend comes back from a trip away in a weeks time and I had hoped to get another smaller room painted but it now looks like I am going to have to do something to sort out whatever I've done wrong in the first room.
Can anyone suggest what I've likely done wrong so I can learn from my mistake? Is five coats in the space of eight days the problem or is it that I actually got myself organised to start and finish two coats in the space of twelve hours? Everything was looking pretty good until I put the last coat on tonight.
More importantly what can I do to rectify the situation? I am very much an amateur decorator (that much may be obvious) so anything simple would be a godsend.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
Cheers
Paul