I bought two gallons of Duration exterior paint from our local paint store not the big box store. I asked for flat and for some reason and I never noticed the guy mixed one flat and one satin. I am sure if I rant to the guy they might refund but hey mistakes happen.

I started to paint my aluminum siding on our house this past week and did the back of the house with the flat and it came out great. Tonight I proceeded to start to use the other can (satin) on the side of the house and noticed as the sun was low in the sky that when I walked to one side of the house I could see it was drying slicker than the back. I could also see roll marks and non slick areas looked dreadful. I then looked at the can and seen it was satin paint.

One way or another I know I'm going to have to do this over with another coat and am dreading if I go satin again I won't be able to get it to lay right. I am rolling it from the ground using a 24' extension poll. Mind you the highest point is only about 16' so it's not fully extended. I am rolling up and down left to right as I don't have access to scaffolding and such.

My ultimate question is this. I did use emulsa bond on the first coat and wonder if I got back to the paint store, could I get away with rolling one more coat over this but with flat as planned? Will it cover evenly? I honestly hate to do satin again as I stated I fear with going up and down left to right I won't be able to keep it wet enough to get the flow to blend right. Plus the sheen you can see every issue such as a small dent and such. I am lucky as the house is 36 years old and the siding is in near perfect condition.

Any suggestions. I will laugh it off with the paint store but I'm sure they will discount the next can seeing how they goofed but I did to and didn't notice as well. Shame on me too! LOL.

Any ideas????

Thanks for your replies.

 

There shouldn't be any problems using flat over satin and yes, flat it a little more forgiving than flat. You won't need to add any emulsa bond this time. It will cover evenly. My only concern is the fact that since duration is a fairly heavy paint, there might be physical ridges in the 1st coat of paint that another coat won't completely hide.

 

Worked perfectly and I thank you for your reply. I rolled the side with the satin yesterday and you can't see a single spot where I stopped and started.

I will post before and after once I'm done the whole house!

 

should have read - flat is a little more forgiving than satin

I guess my typing fingers weren't hooked up to my brain yesterday

 

LOL I knew what ya meant.

None the less the house is done and I am BEAT!

Below are some photos of the house before and after. Keep in mind the house was a nasty green which could be hard to see in the before photos especially on the side shot as the sun washed the photo out a bit.

Before:
Front of house


Left side of the house


After paint, went with a grey on the siding with pewter green for the shutters. Our brick's have a tinge of green in them so we wanted to try to match off of them.

Front of house.


Side of house


Corner


I rolled the entire house from the ground without scaffold or a ladder. I used a 24' extension pole and man I tell you what, my arms are beat. I also used a mini 6" roller so I was able to get under the edge of the siding pretty good without touch up.

Comments? I saved $3100 doing it myself as a local painting company wanted $3,300 to do the job. Paint and supplies cost me $200 from Sherwin Williams. Best $200 I have ever spent and saved a ton......The wife is happy and we all know that is all that matters.

All the neighbors stopped by today and said how much better it looks. I was pleased. To the victor goes the spoils!

 

Looks good

While I don't recall ever rolling any siding I'm real familiar with roller poles. You ought to try rolling a tall masonry wall with a 16' pole, standing on a scaffold, bucket on the ground with a 1.5" roller cover dripping with paint

Not only did you save 3k, you have the bragging rites that some will call priceless A customer once told me there were 2 types of 'sweat equity' - diy or sweating on the job to make enough money to pay the pro