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Painting & Decorating

Nicotine droplets forming in bathroom and above windows

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 2.47 PM

We moved into a house where the people before smoked heavily, where moisture forms (bathroom and above a couple of windows horrid yellow droplets form). Have sugar soaped, one coat emulsion, then two coats of special stain paints but alas they have formed again! Any advice please? Additional Sorry meant to say this was on the ceiling, and it's that bumpy textured ceiling!

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Anonymous user

I would recommend sanding down to bare plaster with very coarse sandpaper no less than p40 then two coats of oil based undercoat, face fill with easy fill rub down and two coats of emulsion. Edit In that case I would just undercoat twice with oil based undercoat
Answered21 November 2013
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THE GREENLEAF TRUST

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Walthamstow, London
What may be the problem is that you have not left adequate drying time in between coats so the oil has just bled through again? A good oil based stain block should do the trick if left to dry through thoroughly.
Answered6 December 2018
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