ᐅ Touching Up Wall Paint – Smooth Plaster – Any Experiences?
Created on: 15 Jun 2019 10:51
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BlackRider15 Jun 2019 10:51Hello everyone
I will be moving out of my apartment in 3 months. I had a 6-piece picture hanging on the living room wall. I took it down and neatly filled the holes. Since the wall has a rather grayish tone and there were quite a few holes that I filled with white filler, I thought I’d do a good job and get the right paint to make it look better (the paint is about 4 years old). I obtained the color code from the landlord and had the paint mixed (emulsion paint). The wall is long and the light source comes from the front, so basically from a hallway. I also had some light pencil marks on the wall. I then proceeded with the following steps:
1. Erased the pencil marks with a white eraser and dabbed the round white spots of the holes with the paint.
--> Because of the front light source, the spots where I erased were shiny and clearly visible.
2. I thought, okay, I’ll just paint over where it’s shiny with a small roller (Image 1)
--> From the front, it looked good, the paint matched (Image 2). With the light source, it also looked fine; against the light source, it looked bad (Image 3).
----> Problem: The paint was not rolled out smoothly to get a clean color transition AND there were “peaks” at the edges creating shadows.
3. Thinned the paint to reduce the peaks; the paint allows up to 10% thinning, I used 5%. I also rolled carefully until there was no paint left on the roller.
--> It kept getting worse :-( (Image 4).
What should I do? The wall is huge, I don’t want to repaint the whole thing, and I seriously doubt I can fix this given how tricky it is.
Currently, I only see the following options that might help:
- Different roller
- Thin the paint even more
I would be really, really grateful for any advice.
Best regards
Black Rider
I will be moving out of my apartment in 3 months. I had a 6-piece picture hanging on the living room wall. I took it down and neatly filled the holes. Since the wall has a rather grayish tone and there were quite a few holes that I filled with white filler, I thought I’d do a good job and get the right paint to make it look better (the paint is about 4 years old). I obtained the color code from the landlord and had the paint mixed (emulsion paint). The wall is long and the light source comes from the front, so basically from a hallway. I also had some light pencil marks on the wall. I then proceeded with the following steps:
1. Erased the pencil marks with a white eraser and dabbed the round white spots of the holes with the paint.
--> Because of the front light source, the spots where I erased were shiny and clearly visible.
2. I thought, okay, I’ll just paint over where it’s shiny with a small roller (Image 1)
--> From the front, it looked good, the paint matched (Image 2). With the light source, it also looked fine; against the light source, it looked bad (Image 3).
----> Problem: The paint was not rolled out smoothly to get a clean color transition AND there were “peaks” at the edges creating shadows.
3. Thinned the paint to reduce the peaks; the paint allows up to 10% thinning, I used 5%. I also rolled carefully until there was no paint left on the roller.
--> It kept getting worse :-( (Image 4).
What should I do? The wall is huge, I don’t want to repaint the whole thing, and I seriously doubt I can fix this given how tricky it is.
Currently, I only see the following options that might help:
- Different roller
- Thin the paint even more
I would be really, really grateful for any advice.
Best regards
Black Rider
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BlackRider15 Jun 2019 19:58Oh, surely some clever painter knows a last-minute emergency trick for that?
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ghostjumper22 Jun 2019 06:17Paint the entire wall; anything less is a waste of time and won’t work.
How is it specified in your rental agreement? Are you required to repaint when moving out, or just fill in holes, with painting left to the new tenant?
How is it specified in your rental agreement? Are you required to repaint when moving out, or just fill in holes, with painting left to the new tenant?
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HilfeHilfe22 Jun 2019 06:35Is it sufficient to paint just one wall completely?
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hampshire22 Jun 2019 07:58@BlackRider: Huge respect for all the effort you're putting into the move-out process. We never had a single tenant who gave it that much thought.
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