"josepea" wrote in message
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I want to paint my living room walls. The house is newly built-only
six years old. The walls were painted initially with what can only be
described as a powdery matt paint. If you brush past the walls then
you get the powdery stuff on your clothes ! I've tried to wash down
the walls with sugar soap and some of the powder paint has come off
revealing bare plasterboard.Any advice on how to prepare the walls for
painting ?

Josepea

Wash down to remove majority of poor quality paint, as you have already
tried in places.
Then seal the walls by brushing on a primer coat of PVA/water mixed as per
instructions on the can.

PVA is available from most / all diy chains, builders merchants and even the
local Wilko style places.

Once the PVA has sealed the plasterboard then paint as normal.

HTH, Jon