help with metallic paint

raven83

right i need so help/advice.

purchased some metalic opulence emulsion paint by craig&rose called silver lustre, have painted my hall way in it and it is very very patchy! am not impressed as was nearly £30 a tin :mad::(, so my question is, do i buy yet another tin and give it a 3 rd coat and this will get rid of the patchyness or should i just a different paint all together and start again?

replys appreciated

Yolina

First (obvious) question: is it fully dry? Second (obvious) question: did you follow the instructions for applying? I'd guess that any metallic-type paint when applied to a large area is probably difficult to get right (a bit like gloss really). Have you tried contacting Craig&Rose for advice?

nickj_2

i used some crown metalic paint and when dried it looked terrible , it had 2 or 3 coats and looked no better , came to the conclusion that it was pants

katz03

hI,

We used this recently, I had hoped to get away with 1 cost (No chance!! And now OH knows how much I paid when he had to go get another tin!!)

We did get away with just the two coats - It was looking incredibly patchy and I really thought I'd made a huge mistake - but it was the perfect colour match for the wallpaper we'd picked to go with it.

I noticed the patches were down to the direction of the roller - I know normally you should roll in different directions to ensure good coverage but if you make sure the final roll is always in the same direction (we went vertical) then it looked far more even

I am really pleased with the room, but i dont think i would ever use this paint again, We did pick up a brochure on it when we went for the second tin and it does really seem to be more for a decorative area than a whole wall.