In preparation for our house guest, the 2nd bedroom finally got a coat of paint. Here it is before we moved in, before it became a dumping ground for our dressers, file cabinet and clothes drying rack.
And here it is with a fresh coat of white and grey paint. I have been a long time buyer of CIL paint (I am cheap like that) and have never had a problem with it in 3 years, but this time it was terrible. A ½ litre can only covered ½ of one coat of the top half of the room, which is white. And it covered crappily even though it was going over a slightly greyed white. I had a similar problem with the CIL bathroom paint, which was supposed to be a premium mold resistant formula. It went on streaky even with 2 coats, but I had chalked that one up to painting quickly and in the heat. After 2 poor results, I am switching to Behr, which went on perfectly for the rest of the bedroom.
In this case the painters tape between the 2 colours did not work well. There was a lot of bleeding of the grey and the edges around the entire room. Same tape as the dining room, maybe I didn’t press as hard this time? Not sure.
And now we know: a small can does not cover much, even if the Home Depot employee says it will be enough for 2 coats.
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