Ensure Paint is Thoroughly Mixed

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Master Interior Painting. The Art of Touch-ups.

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What happens here

Before applying any paint for touch-ups, it is absolutely critical to thoroughly stir, shake, or mix the paint. Paint pigments can separate over time, leading to an inconsistent color and sheen if not properly re-incorporated. Failure to mix the paint well will result in touch-ups that stand out from the surrounding wall, making them highly visible.

Goal: Achieve a consistent paint color and sheen for seamless touch-ups.

Tools and materials

Stir stick or paint shaker — Mixing paint
Diluted paint — The paint to be used for touch-ups

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we're talking on doors and trim so I'm going to be doing some touch-ups right here and this is the original paint and it's really critical that you stir shake or mix your paint up if you try to do touch-ups and this isn't stirred mixed or shooken up you're going to have problems um with the touch shs they're going to show so I'm going to take make sure I shake make sure I stir make sure I mix this up extremely well so now I'm going to give you um walk you around and show you some scenarios and show you how I go about doing um touch-ups because this is really important that you see you know how it's actually done so you'll have some success we got um some

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