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Default painting problem- old house, plaster wall

Is this latex paint on an exterior plastered brick wall? Use oil
base paint.

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"KOS" wrote in message
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On Feb 17, 5:32 pm, Norminn wrote:
KOS wrote:
Hi I am painting an old plaster wall in an older home. I have
noticed
that the wall was painted 8 months ago with a primer and now
some
areas are completely peeling to the plaster---- I realize this
could
be calcimine but it could also be a moisture problem... If I
put on a
primer with anti-calcimine feature i.e. B. Moore- if it turns
out that
it is not calcimine--- will the oil based primer (thats B.
Moore
Product) still be beneficial for the moisture problem????
Thanks
KOS


Calcimine would dissolve when wet, so doubtful that is what is
peeling.
You NOTICED it
was painted 8 mos ago, or you painted it 8 mos ago? If you have
a
moisture problem,
you need to fix it before you paint again........no primer is
going to
stick to a wet surface
and not blister or peel. Is it a bath or kitchen? If conditions
were
damp when it was
painted, and there is no leak, then the solution is to get the
space
nice and dry and then
use a primer and paint labelled for use on plaster.


hi there. It was painted 8 months ago by another painter. Now it
has
peeled right down to the plaster. This is a bedroom, brick
house...The
plaster is dry not wet..and when it was painted the walls were
totally
dry no moisture.