How to get glitter in paint for walls?

[OM2]

We bought 2.5 litres of brown paint - say a light colour of chocolate - not dark and not light - somewhere in the middle

The paint was silk dulux

We bought a packet of gold dust from B&Q

Result: nothing. Can't see ANY sparkles

The paint was mixed really well with a drill.

Surely it can't be the brown? It's not exactly close to the gold sparkles

Help!

Thanks

 

[Robbie uk]

You need a certain amount per litre. Pour in and stir for quite a while. I used some in some grey silk finish earlier this year. It did work to my surprise . You have to keep stirring the paint to make sure it doesn't settle to the bottom of the tin.

 

[Bigears42]

Ive not tried glitter in silk but have in matt softsheen remember if using glitter in darker colours your 1St coat will give you 5% coverage leave to dry for about 2hours before putting the 2nd coat on try using a medium pile roller and dont go just up down go all directions so you get a even spread on the wall most important keep stirring the paint every couple of minutes get a mixing paddle couple of quid at toolstation so remember stir paint before you add it and every couple of mins after its added if u still havnt got the desired effect after its dry you could get a scourer our pad and go over the wall lightly buffering it This will uncover the glitter even more...try changing the lighting in the room aswell to LED...