HELP! Teal walls really patchy.

[housinghelp101]

Decided to paint the kitchen teal and it is so patchy, it looks awful. It's a Homebase paint, not sure if that makes a difference but I have done two coats and the light blue paint is still showing through. Is it a matter of just doing another coat? I remember doing a wall fuscia and it was the same but I left it as it was so are all bold co!ours like this? I really hope I will get replies saying this is normal and another coat will fix it 😅

Did you use a base coat?
Either way, more coats of teal will fix the problem eventually. I've definitely needed more than 2 with deep colours in the past.

Did you prep the walls? Maybe greasy spots being the kitchen? Agree though a 3rd coat will make all the difference.

I only ever used Homebase paint once and found it awful.
I went online and seems professional decorators really only recommend Dulux or some other one I can't remember.
So I generally pay more for the paint but it has been worth it - although B and M now stock dulux paint which is cheaper.
Sounds like you're in it now though so more coats should cover it. We did dark grey (with Dulux) on pale walls and the 2nd coat was passable but so glad we did a third, it looks so much better.

I was hoping this morning when everything was dry that it would be better, but not the case. It seems marginally better in the areas that I've painted, maybe the roller is spectacularly crap? Anyway will do a second coat tonight and hope for the best. Was hoping to get away with one tin but obviously not!

@DrWAnker when I googled a lot came up on decorator's forums about how bad Dulux retail paint is, and that decorators only use the trade one as it is better quality. I'll remember that for future use, certainly will not be buying homebase paint again.

I use a paint shop that mixes any colour, from dulux, farrow and ball, whatever you fancy. The dulux is more expensive and they generally recommend mixing with johnsons which I've used and been impressed with. Apparently its what most painters and decorators use. Bit late now but maybe next time. Also dulux have an app called visualiser with many many more shades than you can buy in shops and you hold your phone up to the wall and it shows you what your chosen colour looks like!

DH does a lot of painting. He reckons six coats might not be enough! Stop. Undercoat (white) and then 2-3 coats of the teal.

I used Johnsons once to cover a magnolia wall with grey. Four coats later (and still patchy), I made the resolution only to ever use trade paint in future.

Just wanted to report back and warn others that after completing the 3rd coat I'm throwing in the towel. It's still a bit patchy in places, but passable as long a you don't turn on the light. To make matters worse the masking tape has pulled chunks of paint off the ceiling, so I'll have to redo that at some stage. From now on it will be white walls all the way.

I have never ever managed to find masking tape that hasn't pulled paint off the regions I've been trying to mask. It's completely put me off painting my own walls.

Frog tape is what you need. It's pricier than masking tape but it's worth every penny.
Masking tape is a total pita.

Never heard of it, but thanks for the tip! Will try Frog Tape next time. You are right, masking tape is a pita, it's either too sticky or not sticky enough.

We've just painted the downstairs bathroom teal coloured. Used B&Q own brand paint. It was fab. Only needed one coat. Good coverage. Easy.
Sorry, doesn't help you now but maybe in the future your walls don't need to all be white! 😊

You mention that you are painting at night. You need daylight for painting.

Just to say I've just used frog tape all over a massive room and it ripped paint off in about 40% of places when removed so don't think even that is foolproof

That sucks @Christmastree43.
I had great results with it.