Help! Why is my emulsion patchy? Is it me or the wall??

[ComtesseDeSpair]

Decorating. Sugar soaped and primed over the existing paint. Have given it two coats of a Dulux Trade white emulsion. And it’s still patchy! The original colour was a peachy orange colour but not particularly dark. I’m dreading doing the terracotta bedrooms

Am I a bad decorator or should I be doing something different when I roll the paint on or something?

[ComtesseDeSpair]

(Excuse general state of room, the place is a proper fixer upper.)

[Haggisfish]

Has it dried? Could be you are rolling it too thinly. Dh does this.

[lljkk]

needss more coats... DD is our decorator & sometimes needss 3 or more coats.

[gnushoes]

You need more coasts

[RedCatBlueCat]

Cover the wall with paint then, before its dry, finish with a thin layer of vertical floor to ceiling strokes - you can see the different angles of the roller on your wall.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

Have been trying to go floor to ceiling - and I’ve done loads of decorating before even though this doesn’t look like it!

More coats it is then. Thanks.