I painted an off-white wall in my house. I bought Glidden paint from Home Depot, Red color. The wall is not perfectly flat, some very mild unevenness but nothing that I deem needs to be filled. I have thus far applied 3 coats of this paint, allowing drying to the touch between coats. I can still see unevenness in the coating, some areas lighter that others , "holidays" I think painters around here call them. I've painted many times in my house with good results, all of light colors though. I feel I have decent rolling technique and a feel for how paint lays on. What have I done wrong? Does red on a light colored wall require some kind of red primer first? Is it the Glidden paint not having enough solids to cover. I normally use Vista Paints, a high end paint store in my area and have not had problems like this. I noted that the wall "sucked" a lot of paint in the initial coat. It seems to me that more coating is not going fix it. The unevenness is oriented vertically. Any tips? Thanks in advance.
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17 years ago