Dilute Paint to Control Sheen Buildup

extremely dry when you go do a touchup you're building up more paint over the top of that wall and what you're going to do is create a nice shiny spot cuz you're building the sheen up on that wall so it's kind of a really difficult scenario so you don't want to just roll a heavy coat of paint on there if I got a gallon of paint I'm going to pour off some paint into a touchup bucket or a little Pine c um cup and I'm I'm going to put some water in that paint and I'm going to water that paint down a little bit I'm going to water it down probably about around 5% and what that does is that helps cut down the Sheen and cut down from building up you know sheen on top of Sheen when you're doing touchups so you will have more success doing touch-ups in the middle of the wall if the walls have been um painted multiple times because they're not going to be what we consider dry they're going to have a nice even Sheen and you're less likely to get sheen on buildup on those spots where you're doing touch-ups but it's still uh kind of important to um cut your paint you know about 5% if you're um just touching up little spots on Corners like little Nicks and dings on Corners don't just take and brush a bunch of paint on that corner little Nicks and dings you can just use your artist brushes and just touch up the Nick or ding especially you know if we're talking on doors and trim so I'm