Interior Painting--Spraying & Back Rolling

We have been working with another painter on a professional building.  Yesterday we did the touch ups on his work.   Sadly, the touch up spots flashed; i.e., the areas we touched up went shiny and flat.  The other painter did not back roll the painting surface after he sprayed the paint on the surface.   We will have to repaint the walls where we touched up.  

Here is  professional painting secret to use when painting a new surface.

Priming

• Back roll a new drywall surface.  This means that after you spray the drywall surface with primer that you hand roll the surface with a roller.   Doing this assures  the primer will saturate the drywall surface. 
• Sprayed primer will only coat the surface. It won't saturate the drywall surface.

• If doing the painting yourself, spray the primer on a small section, then back roll it with the roller.   This does take more time, but the end results are worth the effort.

Finish Coat 

•  Follow the same procedure with the finish coat.  
• Spray a section then back roll with a hand roller.   Doing this will make sure the paint saturates the surface and doesn't just sit on the surface.
• The process will go more quickly of there are two individual doing the painting.  One individual sprays the paint, while the second individual comes behind and rolls the paint.   

Spraying the paint on extra heavy does not do the same thing.   In fact, spraying surface extra heavy will cause runs and extra work. Extra time will be spent going back to catch or repaint where the runs occurred.
Take a little extra time to spray and back roll so your efforts look professional. 


Touch Up Paint

• Keep the extra paint in a tightly sealed can and clearly labeled. 

When there are nicks or damages to your painting surface, you can touch them up with a brush or roller.  The touch ups won't show.    You might be interested in a  home where the primer and finished coats were sprayed and back rolled by hand.  

Seely Painting, Inc.