Painting & Decorating

How to fix paint stripping off the wall

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.31 PM

Hoping I could get some advice! Just below where the paint meets the skirting board a lip had formed after removing the skirting board where paint has stripped off. While lightly scraping this off whole strips of paint started coming off. This continued to happen in various areas, at one point I was able to strip a two metre Long by 3 inch wide bit of paint off the wall and this continued at various points. Underneath the stripped off paint is smooth plaster (plaster board to be exact). I believe this is happening because because whoever decorated when the house was originally built did not apply a mist to the plaster before painting. Does that sound plausible? I removed as much as possible but have got to a point now where the paint will no longer come off the wall. How can I go about fixing this? Responses to answers below: So from what i can understand the recommendation is to use a plaster filler for the areas that are now bare plaster is that correct? So bring the bare plaster up to the same level as the bits of paint that aren't flaking off, then apply a mist coat to the filled area and paint as normal. Is that the recommendation? Should i forget about using PVA to fix this, people seem to mention this quite a lot in other forums.