Any house painters in the house?

opus

Joe,

Here's the deal. You are usually much better off using the original paint assuming that your painter did not "contaminate" it when he finished. By that I mean he could have added water to the bucket when or if he cleaned up his paint sprayer, used dirty water or colored water that came out of his sprayer as he set up to do your house or any other number of ways to slightly change the color.

If it was not sprayed and you can get it mixed properly, then it is more likely to be a better "match" than going to the store and getting a new can, which will be a different batch, and mixed by a different employe


kevin

ben62670

Paint fades lighter. You may be in luck. The pigment settles on the bottom. Seeing how much darker the walls are than the touch ups you may be able to pull this off. Like Tom said feather it out.

BrettT1

shaking/stirring same thing. use a 5 gallon paint stick and stir it up for 5 minutes tilt the bucket and make sure you scrape everything off the bottom. it'll mix up. Setting the bucket upside down is a good idea too. JMO

mmadden28

I love that screened in area (FL room?) around your pool. I have been seriously considering building (well ok having built or installed) something like that around my pool. What brand is that-it doesn't look like it blocks too much of the outdoorsy effect. I'm up north, but I am so sick of all the damn leaves and the fricking wasps and horesflys, and the flying ants, and the frogs, etc, etc.

What are those pipes that go from the ground to your gutter?

Just looking at the pictures, you have an expansion joint in there and some other areas (demarcation points), that if you really did have to do a full wall over again-you could stop at the joint or under a window or something and not be notices-Just a thought.

TouchOfEvil

Is the siding stucco? It looks like it but might just be the pics. I personally have rarely seen stucco touchup but you might get lucky once you get the paint mixxed up properly and try again.

disneyjoe7

mmadden28 wrote: »

I love that screened in area (FL room?) around your pool. I have been seriously considering building (well ok having built or installed) something like that around my pool. What brand is that-it doesn't look like it blocks too much of the outdoorsy effect. I'm up north, but I am so sick of all the damn leaves and the fricking wasps and horesflys, and the flying ants, and the frogs, etc, etc.

What are those pipes that go from the ground to your gutter?

Just looking at the pictures, you have an expansion joint in there and some other areas (demarcation points), that if you really did have to do a full wall over again-you could stop at the joint or under a window or something and not be notices-Just a thought.

Thanks and the pipes that are coming from the ground are my solar panels on the south side of the house. The pump, filter are on the north side of the house. The solar pipes are under the deck of the pool to hide the pipes.

disneyjoe7

Ok went to Home Depot to see if this paint is correct by the original color or not. They shocked it up, and it’s the same of the demo paint card, Glidden Family Legacy the problem is that the house needs another cover as it must be any a single cover or it wasn't primed. So the paint on the house isn't the right color.


Great News.

treitz3

Steve, thinner doesn't really lighten or darken most colors. What it does is brings back the fluidity of the paint itself so that you don't have a 3 or 4 mil thickness of paint where the rest of the house has a 1 or 2 mil thick layer of paint. The thinner just makes it easier to fade into the rest of the area around the touch up with minimal mil thickness.

As mentioned, stirring the paint will give you the same color provided the paint wasn't tainted. When you stir, don't just stir the top and middle of the bucket. Dig down with a large paint stirrer and get all of the pigmentation up off the bottom of the bucket. If you have one, hook a paint stirrer up to your drill and stir the paint at medium speed for about two to three minutes. If there are "boogers", chips, globs and so forth in the paint, run the paint through some panty hose or a paint strainer. This will get all of the crap out without affecting the color.

The stirring is THE most important thing that you must do. Stir like your life depends on it. That said, do not apply a massive amount of paint over the touch up areas. Ever. Two to three coats, feathered out yields much better results than just slinging the paint on. Plus it reduces the chances of a sheen difference. Once stirred with darker colors, you must stir every 30 minutes or so to keep the same consistency.

Also, there is a date code on the bottom of the bucket or on top of the lid stamped into the plastic. Can you provide the date stamp? Thought you may have painted only two years ago, the original paint may have been sitting in a warehouse that may not have been favorable to storage conditions for the paint for quite some time. Paint does expire, believe it or not. If you are dealing with 4 year old paint, you have issues.

Let me stop there and see what results you come up with knowing this. There are some "tricks" that I have up my sleeve that may be able to get you back on the right track, but there is no sense in typing it all out if it isn't needed.

Good luck and we'll chat soon enough.

treitz3

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

.......Great News.

Not necessarily. Look at the above post and get me some answers. Time to pull up the sleeves.

disneyjoe7

Tom,

I confused if the old paint is the same color of a new demo chip card then this paint is correct. So if it's painted on the house and the paint is lighter, then the house is the problem not the paint. Right?

BTW this paint is a little older then what I stated, House was painted January 05, paint was purchase 11/22/04 if I remember the date correct. (I not in an area where I can see it again to check it)

treitz3

Steve, if you read this sometime soon........go outside and look at the two paint chips in the sunlight. Both in the shade and in direct sunlight. Are they the same now?

disneyjoe7

Yes the paint is the same on the paint demo chip, the same either in the shade or the direct sunlight. So the paint is ok the house isn't right?

Still don't know what to do now, get it repainted or blend it?

treitz3

If you want it right? Repaint the same color throughout.

You still have other options. They will require some time and effort and it will not be perfect when you are done but it should look a little better.

mmadden28

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

Thanks and the pipes that are coming from the ground are my solar panels on the south side of the house. The pump, filter are on the north side of the house. The solar pipes are under the deck of the pool to hide the pipes.

Cool-I created a DIY solar heating system for my pool-not so sure its working yet-still in proof of concept mode).

Hey, is that a public payphone on your wall near the ladder? :cool:

What brand is that screen structure? Or who installed it? I seriously want one for my pool area.

disneyjoe7

Yes it's a pay phone on my porch, redone to work as a normal phone. It's also rings when my house phone rings so it's mod to reduce the ringing as I felt my neighbors didn't need to know when my phone rings at 3am. The screen room is done by a local screen company which I believe works only with the pool company, so I didn't answer your other question as you sig states PA.

As far as the DIY solar thing I considered it but it went pro due to Aesthetic reasons more then anything.

Now the house paint I considered doing it myself before, and this is why I find out later it's **** up in some way and needs to be fixed. If a second coat was done before I sure I wouldn't be in the hole now. Now my lovely wife stated Bah Bah Bah.... Why didn't you just do the crack which needed to be repainted due to repair. But with the 5 walls I needed to touch up on porch due the staining of ceiling, I only needed to repaint 2 walls do this issue of it being lighter and at time I thought it was just because it dried different due to pool. Now I know some where painted twice others not. NICE

Well I will repaint walls of house which are F'd up.