"Clive" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm not an expert on emulsion - but I think the walls in a bedroom
are emulsioned with vinyl silk - there's a slightly shiny surface to
the wall. Now centimetre wide "spots" of emulsion have come off and we
can see the plaster underneath. In places it is single spots others
it's more like a "rash". Now I can emulsion on top (any gotchas?) but
I guess the "shadow" of the lost emulsion will still be visible. How
can I "mask" or "fill" the spots before I put the final coat on? I was
thinking maybe some white undercoat to build it up first? Is there an
old-diyers knack to tackling this?

The important question is why the existing paint has come off. My first
assumption would be that it, or the paint under it, hadn't bonded to the
plaster. We had a similar problem and took the walls back to the plaster.
Then start over.

A big job but probably the result you will end up with.

Brian