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John Sez:
By John Harris, Paint Chemist
The vaulted ceilings and wall-to-wall windows challenge.
Every minor imperfection in the initial paint job will be visible. Dead flat paint will be the most forgiving. Using dead flat on the ceiling may be the only way to achieve a uniform look. For the walls, matte or eggshells finishes will hide irregularities better than satin or semi-gloss finishes.
Say you spent the weekend painting. It's Monday morning and the paint still has highs and lows (sheen and gloss variations). What do you do now? You wait. The paint will not reach its true end appearance until it is fully cured and the cosolvents have evaporated from the paint. It can take anywhere from a week to a month. Darker colors take longer to cure. The same is true for color development of paint applied at different time intervals. Touch-ups applied a week or two after the original painting will not fully blend in until they have fully cured. Don't rush to judgment. Once all the paint has cured its appearance should be sufficiently uniform to satisfy even the most critical eye.
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