If a touchup isn’t done right, then it can sometimes lead to disastrous results. It is important to perform touchups in the correct way, so the touchup blends in with the original finish. That way you can spot paint your walls and ceilings and help freshen up your home or someone else’s home beautifully and quickly.
The best way to do touchups is by using the original paint. When painting walls you should always save a bit of the original paint, so that you can use it for just this purpose. If you plan to use white paint, you should know that no two white paints are ever the same. There are literally dozens of different shades of white. So, be prepared to do some comparison shopping in the event that you do not have the original paint to work from.
Some other considerations include looking at the type of paint that you may need to use. For example, you may need to choose from high-gloss, flat paint, oil-based paint or semi-gloss paint. All of these different finishes may impact your final result. Typically the best paint to touchup is flat paint. If you try to touchup other types of paint you will have a result that is known as flashing.
What is Flashing and How Does it Affect Your Result?
Flashing refers to the differences in finish that result when retouching occurs in old versus newer, shinier paints. Only flat paint will not show a difference between the old paint and the newer, touched up paint when you perform a touch up. When retouching newer finishes, you will have to view the surface of the paint from the side or from a different angle to see how light reflects on the touchup to notice flashing.
You can typically see imperfections in shinier paints when the light shines on it. This is known as flashing. You can avoid this by painting a whole wall from one end to another in the new finish to avoid the shinier paint from peeking through one spot on the wall.
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