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Painting Walls Red

I am trying to paint a wall red in my basement. The cutting marks show overtly, as well as unevenness in the roller marks. I have painted two coats with no visual improvement. Is there something I can do to fix this, or do I have to start all over again by priming?

By Triebe from Ottawa, Canada

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RE: Painting Walls Red

We just painted a red wall this week, and it turned out really great, so wanted to share. We used Behr Premium Plus Ultra in Red Pepper. It has the primer mixed in with the paint. We decided to try it out after seeing the sample the store had of side by side comparisons of using three coats of regular paint (with white primer underneath) verses only two coats of the Ultra. I was still a bit skeptical, as we were doing this over a white wall. Well, with no other primer/color underneath the two coats of Ultra look FANTASTIC! We are so pleased! Happy painting!

Post by Sharon Maria

RE: Painting Walls Red

Just keep going, red is the hardest color to paint. I would expect to do at least 5-6 coats to get a nice finish. Good Luck

Post by PICO

RE: Painting Walls Red

I believe with red paint you should either go with a tinted primer, or a gray primer and it will go much better.

Post by Lynn

RE: Painting Walls Red

The only thing that has ever worked for me with red is dark pink tinted primer, and 3 coats of good quality red paint.

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