Hi all
Basically I’m new to diy, in my first house and decided to paint the gas and electric meter cupboards on the outside walls of the house, I went to a diy shop and was told to use sandtex, I sanded the cupboards down, not completely to the plastic but well into the old paint.
I started applying the santex black satin paint and all seemed ok although it’s very thick and it needed about 3 coats, I waited the recommended time between coats “16 hours”
Basically I’m not happy with the end result, there are patches that have a sheen and patches that looked Matte and loads of brush marks
I read online that rubbing alcohol can be used to take the gloss off the paint but it hasn’t helped much
I would like to make the work look better, I’d like a smoother finish I just don’t know how so any input would be great as it’s stressing me out
Thanks everyone
Read more: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/newbie-painting-problem.503532/#ixzz5H1CplufL
Basically I’m new to diy, in my first house and decided to paint the gas and electric meter cupboards on the outside walls of the house, I went to a diy shop and was told to use sandtex, I sanded the cupboards down, not completely to the plastic but well into the old paint.
I started applying the santex black satin paint and all seemed ok although it’s very thick and it needed about 3 coats, I waited the recommended time between coats “16 hours”
Basically I’m not happy with the end result, there are patches that have a sheen and patches that looked Matte and loads of brush marks
I read online that rubbing alcohol can be used to take the gloss off the paint but it hasn’t helped much
I would like to make the work look better, I’d like a smoother finish I just don’t know how so any input would be great as it’s stressing me out
Thanks everyone
Read more: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/newbie-painting-problem.503532/#ixzz5H1CplufL