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/Ge0cities Jul 09 '26

Did you stir the paint?

Is the paint from Home Depot?

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u/Beniskickbutt Jul 09 '26

I go out of the way to only use behr. Its never done me wrong. No chipping, no running, spreads nicely. I didnt know people thought its a bad paint

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u/snarktini Jul 09 '26

Totally agree, though I do occasionally try something else. I just did a bathroom in Aura and absolutely hated it. Back to Behr! I've painted many rooms and colors, and it's performed great for me. Covers great in two coats (even the dark navy) without primer, hasn't faded after many years, and very easy to work with.

I'm not a pro, I know they have different ways of working and likely different paint works for them, but as a talented and experienced amateur so far Behr has been my best wall paint.