Painted ceiling with a flat finish white paint. Lowes matched color perfectly, but it is much more shiny tha the rest of ceiling even thought he finish is flat.
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Ceiling paint shiny
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Best Answer
Nope. Just Nope.
Don't paint a single wall or ceiling from different cans.
The human eye can see millions of colors and dozens of different sheens. You will get caught, it's a simple as that.
And to make matters worse, the squirt mixer can be a little off from can to can, so even two cans of the same thing to the same formula may not be identical.
So how do you handle this? The answer is you mix all your paint up carefully (so there isn't any pigment in the bottom or the lid), and then dump them all into one big bucket and stir. Feel free to pour the paint back into the original cans at that point.
What do you do when you run out of paint? First, be savvy enough not to start a wall or ceiling unless you have enough paint to finish. The easy way is to go back and get the exact same kind and mix of paint (bring the old can). It may still not match precisely, but it is much harder to compare different surfaces.
If you can't get that, then do your level best to match in a competitor paint, and again, use the competitor paint to paint the entire wall or ceiling.
If you did start a wall or ceiling and ran out midstream, be prepared to recoat that entire wall or ceiling.
If you need 1-1/4 gallons and you have a half gallon left, and you need to go with a competitor brand, then make absolutely sure the new brand is compatible with your remaining paint, because you must mix them as above.
If two surfaces are at different angles, it is hard to compare them precisely. You are counting on this effect to conceal any difference in paint. That means don't slop paint over an edge. Paint a sharp clean edge from wall to ceiling or at a corner.