Painting - Missed pin hole size areas on interior walls.

I have done my share of painting and I feel that I am pretty good. I am in the process of finishing a bedroom and as I install the new wood trim I will find a small area, about the size of a cup, where I did not get 100% coverage, but enough coverage that at a distance it looks fine.

I am using latex on an Orange Peel textured wall and have had this happen with both 3/8" and 1/2" nap rollers.

So the question is "What am I doing wrong?"

This is pretty normal after a single coat, especially with a DIY job. (Happens to me all the time anyway...) Was this after one or two coats? This is one of the many reasons most folks here suggest two coats with every color change.

Also, what is your rolling pattern, and how much area do you try to cover with a single load?

SirWired

It sounds like you are either not putting enough paint on the roller cover or you are going to far with a roller cover full of paint. I like to "slop" the paint on the wall and then use the roller to even it out.

Oh, and what brand/line of cover and paint are you using?

SirWired

Paint Gliden Evermore Flat

One Coat

Pattern My own, made up as I go along.:)

I think the problem is not painting back into the area that has already been painted. Like I miss overlapping and also probably trying to extend the paint too far for each roller full of paint.

Thanks for the feedback

Using a roller pole [extension] will help you also. Usually 1 roller full of paint = 1 stripe on the wall from top to bottom.

Ah, Glidden Evermore, as in the mid-grade stuff sold by Home Depot?

Okay, firstly, yeah, pretty much all DIY color changes are going to take two coats. Just accept it, and realize that pros doing a color change usually apply two coats also. You will have pinholes, and you can get them on your second coat.

For roller covers, if buying at HD, the ones you want to be getting are the Purdy White Doves. Yes, they are more expensive than the other covers. Nothing but the White Doves, and may the deity of your choice save you if you have been attempting to paint with a 12-pack of cheapo covers.

For a roller pattern, the easiest way is to load up your cover, do a single floor-ceiling stripe, go back over it once, go over the previous stripe once, and then reload the cover and move on. This gives you nice, even coverage, and saves a lot of arm work.

You will also probably be served well in future painting jobs by purchasing paint at a paint store (as opposed to HD) and buying stuff at or near the top of their line. Since you have already put on a coat of that Evermore, you might as well use it for the second coat. Unless this is a dark color, it should do okay, if not great. (I have had "mud cracking" issues trying to get it to adhere to paintable caulk...)

SirWired