Hi

I have just bought a house and have been painting the living room all
weekend. After washing the walls and putting on a primer, we painted
on our first layer of color with brushes and rollers.

We haven't used cheap paint or brushes. Why would the walls look all
patchy and streaky?? what did we do wrong? would this turn out okay on
second coat of color??

Please help!

Many thanks

Mike

On 02 Aug 2004, Mike Noirca wrote

> Hi
>
> I have just bought a house and have been painting the living room
> all weekend. After washing the walls and putting on a primer, we
> painted on our first layer of color with brushes and rollers.
>
> We haven't used cheap paint or brushes. Why would the walls look
> all patchy and streaky?? what did we do wrong? would this turn out
> okay on second coat of color??
>
> Please help!

Perhaps a dumb question, but have you let it dry fully?

(We had a terrible fright the first time we painted with emulsion
paint; went to bed feeling just *awful* at the sight of what we'd
done; and woke up the next morning to a smooth and pretty surface. If
it's not that, I dunno...)

--
Cheers,
Harvey

"xrongor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<oIOdneOwLsMj_JPcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>...
> "Mike Noirca" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Hi
> >
> > I have just bought a house and have been painting the living room all
> > weekend. After washing the walls and putting on a primer, we painted
> > on our first layer of color with brushes and rollers.
> >
> > We haven't used cheap paint or brushes. Why would the walls look all
> > patchy and streaky?? what did we do wrong? would this turn out okay on
> > second coat of color??
>
> if it doesnt correct itself, did you use the correct type of primer for the
> type of paint you used?
>
> randy

yes, we did.

Mike Noirca wrote:
>>if it doesnt correct itself, did you use the correct type of primer for the
>>type of paint you used?
>
> yes, we did.

I have seen this, too, here in Denmark .. the moisture from the paint
will go through the primer, dissolve some old stuff below, that then
will seep back out through the primer and paint. Same result on next
coat of paint, etc. A non (water)permeable primer solved it.

Soren

"Soren Kuula" <dongfang-remove_this@remove_this-bitplanet.net> wrote in
message news:sVyPc.28967$(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Mike Noirca wrote:
> >>if it doesnt correct itself, did you use the correct type of primer for
the
> >>type of paint you used?
> >
> > yes, we did.
>
> I have seen this, too, here in Denmark .. the moisture from the paint
> will go through the primer, dissolve some old stuff below, that then
> will seep back out through the primer and paint. Same result on next
> coat of paint, etc. A non (water)permeable primer solved it.

ya thats still my thoughts too. something is seeping through.

how long did you let the primer dry before painting it? if you're only
using one coat of primer ive found its best to let it dry overnight so any
bleeding will stop at the primer.

randy

On 2 Aug 2004 07:50:24 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Mike Noirca)
wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have just bought a house and have been painting the living room all
>weekend. After washing the walls and putting on a primer, we painted
>on our first layer of color with brushes and rollers.
>
>We haven't used cheap paint or brushes. Why would the walls look all
>patchy and streaky?? what did we do wrong? would this turn out okay on
>second coat of color??
>
>Please help!
>
>Many thanks
>
>Mike

You probably didn't put enuff paint on the walls. If you get cheap and
try to stretch the paint this can happen. Try repainting one wall. Get
the roller good and wet and lay a thick coat on there. See if it
helps.

Mort

"Mike Noirca" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have just bought a house and have been painting the living room all
> weekend. After washing the walls and putting on a primer, we painted
> on our first layer of color with brushes and rollers.
>
> We haven't used cheap paint or brushes. Why would the walls look all
> patchy and streaky?? what did we do wrong? would this turn out okay on
> second coat of color??

I would definitly do a second coat on a wall and let it dry completely
before tinkering with correction. You aren't using a darker color are you?
We did a dark red in our dining room and a navy in another room and they
needed primer plus three coats for rich coverage. HTH

JennP.

"Soren Kuula" <dongfang-remove_this@remove_this-bitplanet.net> wrote in
message news:sVyPc.28967$(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Mike Noirca wrote:
> >>if it doesnt correct itself, did you use the correct type of primer for
the
> >>type of paint you used?
> >
> > yes, we did.
>
> I have seen this, too, here in Denmark .. the moisture from the paint
> will go through the primer, dissolve some old stuff below, that then
> will seep back out through the primer and paint. Same result on next
> coat of paint, etc. A non (water)permeable primer solved it.

In other words, she did not use the correct type of primer? sheesh

"Mike Noirca" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
> Hi
>
> I have just bought a house and have been painting the living room all
> weekend. After washing the walls and putting on a primer, we painted
> on our first layer of color with brushes and rollers.
>
> We haven't used cheap paint or brushes. Why would the walls look all
> patchy and streaky?? what did we do wrong? would this turn out okay on
> second coat of color??

Depends on what "patchy and streaky" means. Could be bad technique. Could
be your definition of "cheap". Could be bad paint, or improperly stirred
paint, or multiple cans of paint that weren't mixed ahead of time and don't
match perfectly.

xrongor wrote:
>>I have seen this, too, here in Denmark .. the moisture from the paint
>>will go through the primer, dissolve some old stuff below, that then
>>will seep back out through the primer and paint. Same result on next
>>coat of paint, etc. A non (water)permeable primer solved it.
>
>
> ya thats still my thoughts too. something is seeping through.
>
> how long did you let the primer dry before painting it? if you're only
> using one coat of primer ive found its best to let it dry overnight so any
> bleeding will stop at the primer.

I think I tried to paint it over several times before I realized it was
hopeless. So it must have been > 1 day at least once.

Soren