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Joseph Meehan

wrote:
Hello. I have a small bathroom that was painted with Glidden Evermore
Satin. The paint had been on for a year or so and had no problems.
However, the walls beneath had never been textured for some reason. I
did some remodeling and replaced a doorway with a wall, so of course
there was new drywall there. I figured this would be a good time to
have the whole bathroom textured.

The company that did the texturing used drywall mud that had been
thinned down (the regular stuff in the 5 gallon bucket) rather than
the boxed texture that you add water too. I don't know if that's a
problem or not but I just assumed that they knew what they were doing.

After letting the new texture dry overnight, I put on a coat of the
Kilz Premium water-based primer. I then let that dry for eight hours
with a fan blowing into the bathroom for circulation. I live in
Colorado and this being winter means the humidity is very low. After
the eight hours, I noticed a few little chunks in the texture that I
decided to remove with a razor blade. When I did that I found that the
paint was very pliable and would peel off easily. I then tried
removing a piece of painters tape that was used to mask the shower
tiles and found that it would pull off large pieces of the new paint.
I know that you are normally supposed to use a razor blade to trim
along the tape; this was just done as a test.

Now I am concerned that I will have to somehow remove all the new
primer and start over. I went back to Home Depot where I purchased the
paint and they had no idea what was wrong. One person mentioned that
there is a special primer that is meant for new drywall and texture. I
looked at it and it was only $8 per gallon, compared to the $19 Kilz.
I am assuming that the Kilz should do a better job, especially since
most of the new texture was applied over the layer of satin rather
than just bare drywall.

Any suggestions woudl be appreciated.

Thanks.
Bill

My guess is you are in too much of a hurry. I don't think you had been
allowing enough time between applications. You also may have used materials
that were not compatible. Did you read all the labels.

Frankly, I would never intentionally put a texture on a well, but that
is a matter of taste. That taste however I believe complicated your
problem.

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Joseph Meehan

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