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Peeling paint is driving me mad

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.38 PM

A small area of the bathroom wall, which was skimmed in August last year has started peeling. Following advice online I purchase Zinnser No Peel paint and applied that to the area. I then painted several coats as usual on top of that and it all peeled again. I scraped it all off back to the plaster and this time tried doing a mist coat on the area affected. Again this started to peel. There doesn’t appear to be any damp, and definitely no leaking pipes in the area. Going round in circles here and just want it to stop peeling! Any advice? Thank yiu

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3 Answers

Sinan Yusein

Rating: 5 out of 5

Ely

If it's a new plaster first coat is very important to prevent peeling and other problems.always when you paint over new plaster mix the paint with water 50/50 and then paint second coat when is dryer properly..

Answered5 April 2018

P.M. Decorator

Rating: 5 out of 5

Greenwich, London

Hi, My advice is, try to apply PVA on the patch. If it needs filling, fill it with Easy Fill. After that apply 1 coat of mist coat, the mist coat has to be mixed with a lot of water it has to look like milk. Then apply Stain Block just in case. There is stain block spray in every DIY store. It is easy to apply and fast drying. Then apply 2 coats of bathroom paint. It is very important to do it with bathroom paint, normal emulsion can not be used in bathrooms. Please let me know if this was helpful. Thank you.

Answered5 April 2018

Timothy David Interiors

Rating: 5 out of 5

Tonypandy

If a wall wont take paint then there is an underlying reason, the most common of which is high moisture levels(it prevents paint from curing) Its like trying to ice a cake that hasnt been baked. Why was the wall skimmed?

Answered5 April 2018