Hi
I have a question to throw out here. I did a search and didn’t find what i am looking for.
I am doing a reno and did some drywall patching. I mudded and sanded and then primed and painted the whole wall. The issue is that where the mud is the wall is smooth and the rest of the wall has a slight bit of texture to it. When the light hits the wall right these smooth areas stand out and the homeowner is concerned by this. I have heard of putting two coats of primer on the patched spots and then paint and sand as normal. I tried this on one wall and it really didn’t do much. The paint has a platium sheen.
The option that I am concidering now is skimming the whole wall and starting over.
Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Use eggshell paint, applied with a medium nap roller.
What is "Platinum" sheen?
What is "Platinum" sheen? Gloss, Semi gloss, satin, eggshell, flat?
The testure of the previous paint is different from the texture of the new sanded patch, the more glossy a paint is the more it will show the texture difference.
You need to go over that patch with enough thick primer to make the surface texture the same.
The answer is correct.
What surface you have b/4 priming is pretty close to the one you'll end up. Slight rollcoat on the old stuff from paint rolled etc will appear different than the new smooth texture of the patch.
Sheen? that would be a problem in absorption. If primed good, the sheen should be real close on both surfaces.
I'd use a roll coat of thinned mud over the patch, running into the old area and "blending in" to nothing. Might try on a scrap to get the thickness of coating correctly mixed.