We started painting my sons' room. We picked out an awesome color, "Chinese Dragon". We picked a flat to help hide flaws in the wall. The walls were a pale yellow semi-gloss and we didn't think it would require primer, however after testing a small area, the paint was not going on well so we decided to prime the walls first. The guy at home depot recommended using Ralph Lauren deep tone base and tinted it very close to the color we had selected. Well, the primer streaked really bad, dark and light places all over. We didn't think it would make much difference. We have painted one wall, we also added something to the paint called "paint-tex". It's like a sand substance to add texture to the paint, also to hide flaws. The color is also streaking very badly. You can see light and dark places all over the wall. We haven't tried a second coat yet. Do you think this will solve the problem? If not what can we do, it doesn't look like color blending, it just looks bad.

 

Did you stir the paint well enough?

 

Darker colors are harder to get an even coat, sounds like you are "dry-rolling", or not appliing enough paint, a second coat will help but it needs to be applyed evenly and thick enough to cover. Get a 1/2 inch napped lambskin roller, a 5 gallon bucket and a bucket screen to paint out of, and no dry rolling, don't try to stretch the paint out as far as it will possibly go, roll on enough paint that it rolls out easily then go for more paint, but don't go from one extreme to another or you will end up with runs and sags and that is no good.

And like Gini stated, make sure the paint is stirred thoroughly.

Hope this helps.

 

I just painted one wall red in the living room with vaulted ceilings. This was the first time I ever used red and I've learned alot. I learned how uneven my paining really is. Up till know I thought I was knew what I was doing. The wall took three coats and the full can of paint to hide all the unevenness. Red is particularly tricky because its low hide. The other rooms I've just finished with a dark purple and dark blue took little more than an single coat.

 

I see I failed to mention 2 coats, when changing colors in a room, expect to apply at least 2 coats of paint for proper uniform and coverage, I always expect 2 coats of paint, especially on new walls. Exception being re-painting with the same color or close.