diff --git a/Sources/arm/node/MakeMesh.hx b/Sources/arm/node/MakeMesh.hx
index 548a6129..92b6c8c8 100644
--- a/Sources/arm/node/MakeMesh.hx
+++ b/Sources/arm/node/MakeMesh.hx
@@ -292,8 +292,12 @@ class MakeMesh {
 
 			if (lastPass && Context.drawTexels) {
 				frag.add_uniform('vec2 texpaintSize', '_texpaintSize');
-				frag.write('vec2 texel = texCoord * texpaintSize;');
-				frag.write('basecol *= max(float(mod(int(texel.x), 2.0) == mod(int(texel.y), 2.0)), 0.9);');
+				frag.write('vec2 texel0 = texCoord * texpaintSize * 0.01;');
+				frag.write('vec2 texel1 = texCoord * texpaintSize * 0.1;');
+				frag.write('vec2 texel2 = texCoord * texpaintSize;');
+				frag.write('basecol *= max(float(mod(int(texel0.x), 2.0) == mod(int(texel0.y), 2.0)), 0.9);');
+				frag.write('basecol *= max(float(mod(int(texel1.x), 2.0) == mod(int(texel1.y), 2.0)), 0.9);');
+				frag.write('basecol *= max(float(mod(int(texel2.x), 2.0) == mod(int(texel2.y), 2.0)), 0.9);');
 			}
 
 			if (lastPass && Context.drawWireframe) {