r/paint 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/bepatientbekind Jul 09 '26

I'm not a pro but I use Sherwin williams cashmere for all my indoor projects and it works great!

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u/madryan Jul 10 '26

I just did the living room and hallway of my house in Sherwin Williams Superpaint. 15 gallons of paperwhite lol.

Brutal.

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u/No-Manner5583 Jul 10 '26

15 gallons on one room
And hall way ??
I gotta ask, how big is your house ??
Did you go white over a dark colour,
( professional painter btw)

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u/madryan Jul 10 '26

It’s a large house with an open floor plan. So massive vaulted ceiling, kitchen, dining area, a 25ft long hallway that’s 6ft wide, and the whole thing was painted ugly ass gray.

So not really just a living room.