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Dear All,
I don't know if I am being a perfectionist or not, but some help would be great on the following.
Around two weeks ago, I applied a mist coat of Gliddens Contract Matt to a kitchen wall which had been plastered one month previous. The mist coat contained around 20% water.
On Saturday passed, I applied a first coat of Dulux Endurance Matt emulsion which in line with advice I had previously obtained from this site was watered down by about 10%. This was applied using a Harris short pile emulsion roller sleeve. Perhaps due to the warm weather, it did dry pretty quickly. When returning to areas painted a couple of hours previously, I noticed that if I looked along the surface it appeared very patchy as it relected light in some areas more than others.
On Sunday, I lightly sanded the surface, wiped it down and then applied a second coat of the same paint which was once again watered down. I considered that perhaps the short pile roller sleeve was too short for the surface (and perhaps was not forgiving in any uneveness of plaster) and therefore used a slightly thicker pile roller sleeve. Upon drying, to me it still appeared to be slightly patchy.
Can anyone offer some advice on how to remove any patchiness. I was intending on applying a third coat and I feel perhaps I am going wrong by either:-
1. Applying the paint to thinly. For a wall area of 33 sq metres, I have used around 2.25 - 2.5 Litres per coat including water. I have been "rolling out" the roller quite a bit.
2. Applying the paint too slowly. For the area of 33 sq metres, I have taken around 4.5 hours per coat including cutting in.
A further point to consider, it that midway through and towards the end of each coat, the roller sleeve seems to clog up and go from what was either a short of medium pile to very dense/compact and smooth. I think this is because of the seamingly endless rolling of the sleeve in combination with the soaking in of the paint. Should I swop to a similar sleeve when this happens?
It would be greatly appreciated if someone could offer advice on the above.
Kind Regards
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I don't know if I am being a perfectionist or not, but some help would be great on the following.
Around two weeks ago, I applied a mist coat of Gliddens Contract Matt to a kitchen wall which had been plastered one month previous. The mist coat contained around 20% water.
On Saturday passed, I applied a first coat of Dulux Endurance Matt emulsion which in line with advice I had previously obtained from this site was watered down by about 10%. This was applied using a Harris short pile emulsion roller sleeve. Perhaps due to the warm weather, it did dry pretty quickly. When returning to areas painted a couple of hours previously, I noticed that if I looked along the surface it appeared very patchy as it relected light in some areas more than others.
On Sunday, I lightly sanded the surface, wiped it down and then applied a second coat of the same paint which was once again watered down. I considered that perhaps the short pile roller sleeve was too short for the surface (and perhaps was not forgiving in any uneveness of plaster) and therefore used a slightly thicker pile roller sleeve. Upon drying, to me it still appeared to be slightly patchy.
Can anyone offer some advice on how to remove any patchiness. I was intending on applying a third coat and I feel perhaps I am going wrong by either:-
1. Applying the paint to thinly. For a wall area of 33 sq metres, I have used around 2.25 - 2.5 Litres per coat including water. I have been "rolling out" the roller quite a bit.
2. Applying the paint too slowly. For the area of 33 sq metres, I have taken around 4.5 hours per coat including cutting in.
A further point to consider, it that midway through and towards the end of each coat, the roller sleeve seems to clog up and go from what was either a short of medium pile to very dense/compact and smooth. I think this is because of the seamingly endless rolling of the sleeve in combination with the soaking in of the paint. Should I swop to a similar sleeve when this happens?
It would be greatly appreciated if someone could offer advice on the above.
Kind Regards
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