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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't you paint over the stain on your master bedroom wall?

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The reason is that we had painters paint this room because it has cathedral ceilings.  The wall with the hand print is one of those tall walls that DH wouldn't be able to do because of that.  Because of the type of paint I think just painting over a small area to disguise the print would look more noticeable than the print itself.  Plus I shouldn't have to paint over it, the cleaning lady should have listened to my request when she came in to not touch the walls and not touched the walls.  So irritating.  [/quote]

No, not really.  My wife and I painted most of the walls in our home and many with flat paint.  Keep the paint around.  You can do a quick touch up and as long as you use a dry brush (take the brush, put just a little paint on it and rub it back and forth over the edge of the can to remove as much paint as possible), then feather it on (brush it back and forth so that the center of the painted area gets more paint and the edges get less, it will dry evenly.  As long as you use the minimal amount of paint, flat paint will not show the touched up area unless the paint is older and has faded from time.  With new paint, you should be able to touch up without it being visible (as long as there wasn't any indentation/scratch to the wall/drywall from an impact).

When our house was brand new, the builder left a small quart container of the paint they painted the walls with.  It's basic builder white, but we've still used it a number of places to touch up scuff marks like when we've moved furniture.  I've done plenty of touch ups with the builder's or our later purchased paint.

Yes, the cleaning lady should have been more careful, but she wasn't.  Accidents do happen.  Instead of steaming about it, you should just touch up the paint and then find a new cleaning lady.[/quote]

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