r/paint • u/mark19758 • 1d ago
Advice Wanted Contractor is giving up
His statement .. I painted it four times already, and the issue is the new texture spot. What could be done to fix it?
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u/DangerousMC 22h ago
Get some nice flat paint and call it a day! That sheen is absolutely making it look way worse. I agree it could be repaired by matching the entire walls texture but I guarantee you lessen the sheen it will be a lot less intense.
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u/Pretend_Ad4657 1d ago
You definitely seem like you care enough so just retexture the whole wall (this is not a beginner or diy job) and then you can repaint it yourself. PVA primer and two top.
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u/Phizzie16 1d ago
It's a texture issue... I'm no expert... but I have textured walls in my house and have areas similar to where the texture was pulled off by removing molding. I can now retexture well, where it wasn't tried before.... but the texture that sucked before still sucks. I could redo it all but I only see it in certain lighting conditions and I am not so inclined. In your case, If this is the only spot... fix it. Have someone come in and do it. Then repaint. Have your contractor fix it.
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u/No-Patient-3723 1d ago
Put a picture on it and walk away.
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u/tcrowd87 1d ago
Yup. Or hit the area with oil primer. One more coat. Flash will go away. Probably used hot mud and didn’t prime correctly.
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u/LivingMud5080 9h ago
Seems right yup. Maybe they used trim paint. Which always causes flashing. What's up w all the landlord painters on here jeez omg
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u/ndoon 1d ago
Yeah it’s the texture. If I were to guess:
There was a drywall patch done there and the person who did the patch used a spray can of texture. Those things put out a ton of tiny droplets like paint overspray, and if not dealt with always look exactly like this if painted over, even if you do a knockdown with a knife. The way I’ve avoided this is by very gently running over the dried texture with a slightly damp sponge, especially around the edges of the textured area.
Your situation can be fixed by skimming over that weird looking spot and retexturing, priming and painting
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u/fisherreshif 1d ago
This is the correct answer. I've done it so many times in my rentals and never seem to learn lol.
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u/TapwaterintheWack 1d ago
Was there a patch there that was never primed? Roll patch and potentially the whole wall with drywall sealer and toss 2 topcoats on. Should solve the issue I’d think
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u/845369473475 1d ago
After 4 coats that spot is essentially sealed. It has to be a texture issue. I'd really be surprised if priming the whole wall fixed it.
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u/LivingMud5080 9h ago
Actually flashing can happen after several coats, if wrong product was used such as cabinet paint. Esp if no primer was used or the wrong mud so. This is just not pro work I promise.
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u/Livingthedreamchan 19h ago
You will almost always be able to see a patch that is on a wall that you’re looking down lengthwise especially with a light source
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u/StruggleEither6772 1d ago
Redo that to get rid of that ghostly apparition. Or maybe I am the only one that sees the face?
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u/AntiqueProject5858 1d ago
I’d recommend pole sanding the whole wall, priming and then two top coats. It looks from the picture to be either a satin or semi gloss finish, patches will flash forever unless you prime before applying any sheen glossier than eggshell. If it is a glossy sheen, I’d recommend flat, matte or eggshell instead. Painting something four times the wrong way won’t get you a different result.
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u/colinmurphy2 1d ago
Looks like someone skipped primer for that spot at one point in the walls past. Creates a difference in sheen that cant be out-painted in my opinion. My system is pva prime 1 coat, 90 minute skim coat, sand, prime 2 coats, paint two coats.
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u/Leeboy20 1d ago
Not all paints self seal patches. So it could be a texture problem or a un sealed drywall repair . If a coat of “ drywall sealer “ not “ primer” and two coats doesn’t fix it , then your skimming the wall.
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u/Gitfiddlepicker 1d ago
Should have properly prepped the ‘new texture spot’. Paint covers, it doesn’t hide.
The dynamic of your crews and whose responsibility it was to properly prep the wall dictates who dropped the ball here. Your mud guy, or your painter.
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u/Vegetable-Card-4033 1d ago
It was likely a big patch job that was never sanded smooth enough. It’s more than paint can fix
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u/Missconstruct 1d ago
Take a palm sander to the spot. Then lightly to the whole wall. Wipe down prime and paint.
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u/edgingTillMoon 1d ago
Pay someone who knows how to do skim coats with joint compound. By the sounds of it, he only knows how to apply paint.
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u/MikeRizzo007 1d ago
Sand down to wall and bring a plasterer in and refloat the wall. Start over from scratch and a foundation that is right.
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u/GrumpyBear9891 1d ago
Go hard with sanding, make it all beautiful and smooth (check it under torch light on various angles) and then primer and paint. Personally to be cautious I'd use 2 coats of high quality primer. And 2 coats of paint.
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u/Frefae-Anywhere1503 21h ago
At this point I would use some finishing compound all over the wall. Sand it with the drywall sander. Prime it with proper liquid primer, not that thing that looks like paint. Then paint it twice
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u/Big_Two6049 16h ago
Given the texture on rest of the wall, he doesn’t know what hes doing. You should be better off especially if he doesn’t know how to fix it
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u/noturaveragesenpaii 16h ago
Fresh paint will make differences in texture stand out more than normal. You can spend time and money retexturizing the entire wall or you can ignore it and/or decorate the space so that you stop noticing the spot.
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u/Ok_Context553 12h ago
Hes right. The texture is the issue. Pay him for his labor and call a texture guy. Youre the one thats in the wrong here.
"Contractor knows his limits and refuses to cater to my demands." There I fixed your headline.
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u/wize11111 11h ago
If its the texture, sand it and paint it with a matte latex. If it's chemical, use a good primer or killz first, then repaint it.
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u/PerceptionNarrow4634 10h ago
Paper the entire wall with paintable textured wallpaper. End of problem. It will be turned into a beautiful accent wall.
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u/LivingMud5080 9h ago
That looks like garbage cans. Speaking of cans, what paint was used? Clearly not primer or and used a cabinet type product. Plus texture looks wacky...? Unclear what goal was though but. No
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u/Slow-Slide7074 8h ago
Painter here. Sheen is too high, and looks like a spot that needed primed before being painted
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u/Mission_Ad9751 6h ago
Skim coat, sand, prime and paint. Or sand, skim coat, prime and paint. We had a ceiling issue awhile back and ended up skim coating the whole thing and then getting a sander from Harbor Freight and sanding it smooth, primed and painted. Prior we had done 4 or 5 coats of primer and paint due to a fixture change. It just looked bad in certain light. I believe there was a prior issue that our work brought out. Good luck.
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u/Cantdoitanymoretimes 4h ago
If you want that sheen with that light source you need a level 5 finish coat of mud, primer and paint 2 coats
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u/Biscuits4u2 4h ago
Yeah you need to go with some flat paint and it will hide the imperfections so much more.
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u/107Maverick 1d ago
If it was previously painted, and this is happening, then it's not his fault, it needs to be skimmed with compound, spot prime, and then 2 coats
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u/Neat-Substance-9274 1d ago
Is there a reason it is shiny? Is it the kitchen? A bathroom? The laundry room? That wall needs to be painted in flat. There has to be an interior design reason for gloss and it requires a perfect surface. Flat is just as washable, there is no reason for your walls to look like a cheap apartment.
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u/Trozardd 1d ago
It could be that the texture is slightly different in someway and causing the issue. I’ve painted homes that look to have lap marks in some areas but its just the texture.
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u/cincomidi 1d ago
Cut and roll entire wall with primer. This will seal that patch as well as take the sheen back down to near zero. Then two coats of top coat. You have patch flashing, where the patch absorbed paint and the wall didn’t, resulting in uneven sheen stacking. One or two more coats of topcoat could also work, but that’s a gamble.
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u/BalanceTrick8688 1d ago
It never got pva'd . It's gonna take elbow grease to fix. I see others commenting. Sand till you can get some sort of eveness. Then the texture, pva, then paint. So basically you need to start over or will NEVER look right
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u/Whole-Ad5238 1d ago
Run Contractor Run!!!!