How Do You Lighten Dark Eggshell Enamel Paint?
Mistakes in choosing paint colors will happen. Color that seems ideal on the little paint chip or while it was in the bucket may turn out to be a nightmare once you test the color on the wall or object. This sort of unhappy surprise often occurs because of differences in lighting in your home, compared to the lighting at the paint store and paint technician mixing mistakes. Two methods are used to try to correct this problem and lighten eggshell finished enamel paints. Preserve the finish. “Glossiness” in paint is chemically added by the paint technician or the manufacturer according to a recipe. If the paint you purchased has an eggshell composition, just a bare hint of “gloss” one step above a pure matte finish, you cannot mix any other type of “finish” with this paint. If you mix matte, satin, semi-gloss or glossy paint with the eggshell paint, you will no longer have an eggshell finish at all. If this finish type is important, preserve it by only using identical finish paints in co
