My girlfriends parents had their kitchen refitted about a year ago, but hadn't had it decorated due to a lack of funds. The kitchen was about 5 different colours as various cabinets had been moved and the ceiling was fresh plaster (as they had had a leak in the ceiling and had the old one removed so it could be repaired).
I was asked last week by my girlfriends dad if I would decorate the kitchen for him as he didn't have the time so I agreed (I have some previous experience although mainly exterior decorating). The work was to be completed whilst my girlfriends parents were away.
Because the ceiling was bare plaster I applied a coat of Dulux Pure Brilliant White Matt Emulsion that was mixed with water (as advised by a decorator friend), The second coat I applied was also mixed with water but at a lower ratio, and finally I applied a coat of pure paint. When I had finished with this the ceiling looked absolutely amazing, perfectly smooth and bright white.
However, as this was a kitchen my girlfriends father had been told to apply a stain resistant paint as the top coat and had therefore bought Dulux Diamond Quick Drying Eggshell, I put this on the ceiling and left it to dry overnight. When I came to look at it yesterday it looked very patchy in natural light, almost as though you could see every roller stroke, which I thought was due to it needing 2 coats (said 1-2 coats on the pot) so I painted another coat on. I have come to look at it this moring and it still looks very patchy and I have no idea why.
What is going on and how can I fix it?
I was asked last week by my girlfriends dad if I would decorate the kitchen for him as he didn't have the time so I agreed (I have some previous experience although mainly exterior decorating). The work was to be completed whilst my girlfriends parents were away.
Because the ceiling was bare plaster I applied a coat of Dulux Pure Brilliant White Matt Emulsion that was mixed with water (as advised by a decorator friend), The second coat I applied was also mixed with water but at a lower ratio, and finally I applied a coat of pure paint. When I had finished with this the ceiling looked absolutely amazing, perfectly smooth and bright white.
However, as this was a kitchen my girlfriends father had been told to apply a stain resistant paint as the top coat and had therefore bought Dulux Diamond Quick Drying Eggshell, I put this on the ceiling and left it to dry overnight. When I came to look at it yesterday it looked very patchy in natural light, almost as though you could see every roller stroke, which I thought was due to it needing 2 coats (said 1-2 coats on the pot) so I painted another coat on. I have come to look at it this moring and it still looks very patchy and I have no idea why.
What is going on and how can I fix it?
