On Aug 15, 6:32*pm, Robert Macy wrote:
On Aug 15, 1:38*pm, "





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On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:40:26 -0700 (PDT), "

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On Aug 14, 7:11*pm, Robert Macy

Along with this I went around some of the walls and redid poorly done
nail sets and screw sets and one place even had an accidental drill
hole [as in, oops not here, but four inches higher on the wall] done
when they installed the doorbell. *EVERYone of these fills were sanded
flush using 120 on a large flat board, tack ragged, and painted,. Not
one had that 'water spot' effect around it. *So I wonder why, right
where it's going to show.

In my experience, unless that paint on the wall is relatively
new, when you get to the point that you're fixing that many
spots, the old paint and the new paint are unlikely to match
without something showing, sometime. *In some cases,
it may look OK sometimes, but with the right lighting or
lighting angle the spots usually show. * Meaning if
you're to the point of fixing all the imperfections like
nail bumps, screw bumps, etc., might as well just
paint the wall.

I've found that this varies a lot, depending on the paint. * I've done touch
up with Benjamin Moore paints up to two years after the wall was painted and
it looked good. *From different cans, even.

This is Dunn Edwards sprayed on - and probably watered, just about two
years ago. house empty until we moved in. *so not a lot of
contamination from humans.

The fact that it was sprayed on and now you're
using a roller to touch up could be a factor in
it matching too.
I've seen the pros on TV using a sprayer to get
the paint on fast and then another guy walking
behind with a roller because that gives it a nicer
finish. But I've never seen it done that way in
contruction here. If they are spraying, they just
spray.