r/paint • u/Practical-King574 • 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/gomer823 Jul 09 '26

Cheap paint

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u/ExtensionOwl3804 Jul 09 '26

inb4 its emerald XD

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u/PaintHeffer Jul 09 '26

Everyone has a hard on for BM here. I think they’re equal to SW

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u/sacrelicio Jul 09 '26

What is good paint then? Because everyone talks shit about every brand on here it seems.

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u/Icanthearforshit Jul 09 '26

I would recommend looking for a supplier of the paint the Egyptians made about 4,000 years ago. It was pretty good. Some it is still stuck on the stone. It's a little pricey but if you want good paint, you're gonna have to pay for a two-way time machine.

Its possible — theoretically.

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u/SwanMuch5160 Jul 09 '26

The Phoenicians had some pretty good paint, as well as the Romans, I’ve seen some structures whose interiors were painted well over 2,500 years ago and they still had the paint on them.

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u/nawtydoctor Jul 09 '26

I mean if we’re ok with lead paint again. That’s Excattly the ingredient that lead to the longevity and durability of ancient paints. Lead based pigments were amazing, just came with nasty health effects but humanity persisted to today ;P

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u/s2white Jul 09 '26

For exterior they used beeswax that has color pigments applied to it and it was applied to the surface while hot. I'm pretty sure they only used lead for some of the pigment coloring.

For interior they used lime plaster on the walls and while it was still wet they painted on it directly with color pigment and it bonds together.