Another saga of a "do-it-yourselfer..." I wanted to redecorate one of our bathrooms. I have painted rooms successfully - this room, however, was not one of them. We stripped off the wallpaper, my husband sanded the walls, I Kilzed them, and then put on the worst coat of paint EVER! The lady at Home Depot warned me that painting in the "red family" was more difficult - I obviously did not heed her warning. That first coat looked terrible. You could easily see every time I had reapplied paint to the roller. Then, to make matters worse, my husband (in an attempt to "save the day" and surprise me) added another coat -- now it is even worse -- very blotchy and ugly. If any of you have some words of wisdom (which I am hoping will NOT be - Kilz again, and start over LOL) - please share your ideas. I work out of my home, and let's just say this is far from attractive : )
Thank you in advance for any advice you might be able to offer,
S.
First, thank you all for your time and advice. I kind of took a bit of all your ideas, and mixed in a few of my own (hey, I figured it couldn't get any worse!). First, I filled in all the places my husband missed - so the entire bathroom would have two coats. Then, I did a third coat - but, I watered down the paint a little bit (my husband's idea -- I know, how could I trust him at this point?) -- TahDah! It worked!!! Somehow, that smoothed it all out, and I have to say - it looks good! Now for the trim..... be prepared for part two of the bathroom saga.....
Thanks again, and have a great weekend : )
For red, primer is a must. Since you didn't, and going back and undoing that is not an option, keep painting. It will cover with enough coats. Good luck!!
Was your primer tinted? When I painted a burgundy red color I did two coats of primer that was the worst color (pepto bismol pink) and then two coats of the red on top and it came out great.
GREY PRIMER is a MUST!!! I can't believe she didn't tell you that!!! Shame on her!!!
I have always been told that if you are wanting to use any color of red to hire someone to do it for some reason red never looks right when you do it yourself. I know you dont want to hear it but I would either Kilz over it and try a different color family or hire a professional to come fix it for you.
Been there! I painted my entry way a deep red. It was a bigger than normal entryway, but not huge! A gallon of any other color would have been fine- BUT it took me 4-5 gallons to get it coated evenly. You could see every roller and brush mark. I just had to continue to go over and over the lighter parts- and YES I finally got it there and it was beautiful. Will I ever paint with red again- probably not! It will take some work, but you can do it. Be prepared if you continue... you will need more paint!
A friend told me to use gray kilz instead of white. I did that, and it still took me 5 coats.
On HGTV sometimes they put a coat on of a slightly different shade, and then rag it off, and it looked sort of (Tuskeny) and pretty on TV anyway. You don't need as much paint and like I say you wipe it off.. Good luck
Exact same thing happened to us when we tried painting below the chair rail in our kitchen. After three coats of looking like what you are describing, we just gave up on red, primed over it and went with a green color that was also in our curtains. The paint mixer at Home Depot warned us, too, I wish I had listened. Guess my house will never have red in it.....
Two of the bathrooms in my home were painted a color in the red family--one by professionals, one by me. Both times a tinted primer was used first, then the "red" paint (one coat of primer and two coats of paint). We used Sherwin Williams paint both times and both rooms look great. I think you should keep doing more coats OR stop and get a tinted primer and paint from Sherwin Williams. You CAN do it yourself!!!!! Good luck!!
