We recently had some remodeling done and the walls were all freshly painted with Behr Premium Plus Ultra Matte paint. A lot of the walls got marked up from the workers still coming in and out, so I used the EXACT paint, from the SAME container that was used to paint the walls.
First I used the same roller that was used to initially paint the walls. Every area I touched up has more of a sheen to it!!! It's not noticeable when looking at it head on, but when you look from the side or in certain lighting, it's very noticeable.
Then I tried using the "dry brushing technique" and this made it even more shiny. Am I going to have to TOTALLY repaint every wall that I touched up? I'm so frustrated over this. Home Depot was at a loss. Thanks for your help!!!
Best Answer
This is a usually a problem with with the sheen differing due to different application techniques. That is mixing spraying, brushing, and/or rolling. My guess is the paint was applied by a roller or sprayer, and the touch up was done with a brush. The sheen between the different application techniques will be different and noticeable.
We usually try to make sure every thing is rolled in some way so we can roll out our touch ups so they hide better. So when we spray, we back roll a coat or the primer. Then when we touch up, we back roll all the brushed locations with a low nap roller. This typically will hide all the touchups very well.