Long shot, is the room well ventilated while being painted, or maybe there
is one of those water evaporating coolers in the house?
Brian

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Eldest daughter and Son-in-Law have a problem with painting some walls and
a ceiling, mainly the latter.

The room was previously painted- looked like ordinary emulsion. Condition
of walls wasn't great and there was some (non-original) coving they
removed, made good walls, cleaned down etc, and proceeded to paint.

They've used the type of paint before, while they are new to DIY, SIL has
taken to it rather well, the the finish he got on the first room was darn
good. However, this time, the paint has been nothing but trouble. It has
peeled in several places- no obvious reason, some where he'd made good,
some not. They removed the peeling paint, applied sealer*, tried again,
still it peels. Walls had been cleaned so no grease etc. It wasn't the
'bubbling' you get when there is a solvent issue, this is peeling. No real
evidence the room has been occupied by a smoker etc. We'd previous checked
for damp with a meter- no issues.


I've run out of suggestions- other than contacting the paint manufacturer
(or of course covering it, which they don't want to do). It isn't cheap
paint, although I forget the make.

I've never had emulsion peel before, in fact I don't recall any real
issues applying it- although I don't pretend to be an expert at it, I just
follow the instructions and use reasonable quality paint- one of the
'brands' or even B&Q etc, which has always been fine.

*the sealer was in case there was an issue with the previous layers of
paint etc. I thought it may work and a search on the internet confirmed
this. It hasn't made much difference, if any.

Has anyone any ideas, please?