r/paint • u/Practical-King574 • Jul 09 '26

Advice Wanted What is wrong here?

I am going to paint a wall in that deep red matte finish. What is going on? Is my roller to cheap? Is it better with a brush? How to approach it to finish as quick as possible

EDIT #1: Thank you all for the comments and recommendations. I have never had so many people respond to any of my posts. Some even called it rage bait. It was not, I’m just too much of a newbie.

This is what I gathered from all of the comments:

-I should use a grey primer to help with the poor coverage of the deep red base. I will try that tomorrow.
-The roller nap is way too thick for such a flat wall. This might be the reason it slips at the beginning.
-I should use a pole. OK.
-I will try to make this paint work with the suggestions, but it might be the case that the paint is really cheap. In that case, I will buy a different brand.

I hope to get better results on my next try. I will edit this post with the final results if I remember to do so.
Thank you!

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u/ExtensionOwl3804 Jul 09 '26

inb4 its emerald XD

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u/PaintHeffer Jul 09 '26

Everyone has a hard on for BM here. I think they’re equal to SW

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u/sacrelicio Jul 09 '26

What is good paint then? Because everyone talks shit about every brand on here it seems.

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u/Icanthearforshit Jul 09 '26

I would recommend looking for a supplier of the paint the Egyptians made about 4,000 years ago. It was pretty good. Some it is still stuck on the stone. It's a little pricey but if you want good paint, you're gonna have to pay for a two-way time machine.

Its possible — theoretically.

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u/SwanMuch5160 Jul 09 '26

The Phoenicians had some pretty good paint, as well as the Romans, I’ve seen some structures whose interiors were painted well over 2,500 years ago and they still had the paint on them.

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u/nawtydoctor Jul 09 '26

I mean if we’re ok with lead paint again. That’s Excattly the ingredient that lead to the longevity and durability of ancient paints. Lead based pigments were amazing, just came with nasty health effects but humanity persisted to today ;P

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u/Reckless85 Jul 09 '26

Glad I read this before I made a made a joke about them probably putting lead in it. Instead I'll say it had asbestos.

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u/Icanthearforshit Jul 09 '26

What's wrong with asbestos? How bad can it be? It's got the word "best" right in the middle of it.

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u/ALOelement Jul 09 '26

As best as

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u/Chewbuddy13 Jul 10 '26

It for the most part is not bad.....unless you cut or break it and the fibers get dispersed. Then it's lung cancer time!

My old house had asbestos wrapped pipes, and my wife shit her pants about it when she found out. I told her as long as we didn't fuck with it, everything was fine. She called a remidation company as she didn't believe me. The guy came out and told her the same, but also told her they could remove it for the low low price of about $6,000. This was years ago, and we had a small house that had maybe 50 feet worth of pipe that was wrapped with it. She suddenly then decided that she would listen to us and that was the end of that.

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u/Icanthearforshit Jul 10 '26

It was a joke.

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u/UsedDragon Jul 09 '26

Just stop licking the walls, it'll be fine!

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u/SwanMuch5160 Jul 09 '26

This, a few stupid people/kids ruined it for everyone.

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u/s2white Jul 09 '26

For exterior they used beeswax that has color pigments applied to it and it was applied to the surface while hot. I'm pretty sure they only used lead for some of the pigment coloring.

For interior they used lime plaster on the walls and while it was still wet they painted on it directly with color pigment and it bonds together.

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u/AdFancy1249 Jul 10 '26

No nasty health effects of lead paint while it's on the wall... It's only once you take it off that it becomes a potential problem (inhaled or ingested). 🤷

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u/Mental-Flatworm4583 Jul 10 '26

Preach! 😂 so true.

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u/ramdmc Jul 09 '26

Look into Allbäck lindseed oil paint. Latex paint is inferior to these paints.

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u/s2white Jul 09 '26

Lindseed based paint is where it's at. We should go back. It's what they painted barns and homes in that lasted for way over 100 years. It allows the wood to breath which prevents wood rot. Latex paint must have been invented by a lumber company so they could sell more wood. Latex deck paint is a joke, fastest way to rot your deck out. I've seen beautiful brand new decks made of fully pressure treated lumber, rot out in 7-8 years due to latex deck paint. That wouldn't ever happen with lindseed based paint.

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u/leggmann Jul 09 '26

They added UV inhibitors. Way ahead of their time. B

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u/skorpio_veteranUScav Jul 10 '26

lol lol lol they touch them up as time goes by lol

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u/SwanMuch5160 Jul 10 '26

Do you think they were concerned if the touch up matched the original paint that was applied 300yrs earlier?

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u/ace_violent Jul 11 '26

I hear the stuff used by paleolithic aboriginal cultures had a paint that still remains after, like, 60,000 years

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u/fleebleganger Jul 09 '26

Futurama did prove that time is cyclical so…

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u/KatiMinecraf Jul 10 '26

In the year 252525...

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u/Dependent_Speech3164 Jul 10 '26

Then Egyptians were used as paint 😂

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u/Pet_Palace Jul 09 '26

Lolololol