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Painting Problem
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? |
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