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    It's not distemper - but what is it?

    There's no mould present (and the bathroom has never suffered from it), it's interesting that the paint always chips back to the mustard coloured surface. I'm convinced that it's this paint surface that is the root cause of the problem, maybe exacerbated by the fact that it's in a damp...
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    It's not distemper - but what is it?

    The 2 outside walls have definitely been the worst.
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    It's not distemper - but what is it?

    I did wonder about that - I've just installed an automatic extractor and am improving the heating in case that's the cause. I sanded all of the wall in question 2 weeks ago, I got all the edges between the old and new paint nice and smooth, the left it - today about 10% of the feather-edges had...
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    It's not distemper - but what is it?

    I've got a 1930s house that I've owned since the late 80s - when I first bought it the bathroom was "surprising" - bright (very bright) mustard coloured walls with a "chocolate" bathroom suite. So nice that it had to go and quick! The mustard walls were almost gloss finished, so I sanded them...
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