Ok we just bought a house, and started the painting process, I think (am afraid) I messed up real bad.
The first room we started to paint was originally a light yellow. My stepdaughter picked out a violet/ light purple color. We are using Olympic paint (from Lowes). On Sunday we cleaned the walls, did some light sanding, then wiped down again. Then we put on 1 coat of the tinted primer we got with the paint. On Monday we did 1 coat of the paint. The room is 9x12 with 8ft ceilings, so its about 320 sq ft. We used around 2/3 of the gallon. I'm not sure if we used too little for even coverage.
On Tuesday at lunchtime I went to check on the paint job, it looked decent, but there were a bunch of spots where the paint didn't cover the primer and it looks like roller marks to me.
I decided to try my hand at touching up the paint after work on Tuesday, and anywhere I found spots, I painted that area, I also did a lot of the edge work again to cover up brush marks. As I went on I kept finding more and more spots to touch up, and by the end I realized I should have just done a full second coat.
Today I went to check on it at lunch, and its very VERY noticeable which areas I touched up. The areas with primer + 1 coat are noticeable lighter than the spots with the extra touch up coat.
If I get another gallon to use for another coat, will that cover the walls evenly? or will the wall forever be 2 different tones?
The first room we started to paint was originally a light yellow. My stepdaughter picked out a violet/ light purple color. We are using Olympic paint (from Lowes). On Sunday we cleaned the walls, did some light sanding, then wiped down again. Then we put on 1 coat of the tinted primer we got with the paint. On Monday we did 1 coat of the paint. The room is 9x12 with 8ft ceilings, so its about 320 sq ft. We used around 2/3 of the gallon. I'm not sure if we used too little for even coverage.
On Tuesday at lunchtime I went to check on the paint job, it looked decent, but there were a bunch of spots where the paint didn't cover the primer and it looks like roller marks to me.
I decided to try my hand at touching up the paint after work on Tuesday, and anywhere I found spots, I painted that area, I also did a lot of the edge work again to cover up brush marks. As I went on I kept finding more and more spots to touch up, and by the end I realized I should have just done a full second coat.
Today I went to check on it at lunch, and its very VERY noticeable which areas I touched up. The areas with primer + 1 coat are noticeable lighter than the spots with the extra touch up coat.
If I get another gallon to use for another coat, will that cover the walls evenly? or will the wall forever be 2 different tones?