Emulsion cracked and peeling

[Tinkir]

Have bought a 50's built house that wasnt modernised until the previous owners a couple of years ago.

In some rooms where they have emulsioned over what was presumably a good finish the paint has cracked in quite a few places and peels back to plaster which if you peel will come off in large sheets but with some stuck and impossibly hard to get off.

Any advice for remedial work would be much appreciated

thanks in advance

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• Tinkir
• 3 Jan 2010
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• Tinkir
• 3 Jan 2010
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• Tinkir
• 3 Jan 2010
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[sixeighth]

Hi Tinkir,

if you search for a similar problem on the forums you should get some info as a start. You possibly only have a few options as below - probably dependent on how much of the paint is loose.

1. Scrape all paint back to plaster. Hopefully the tough bits will be few and far between but, even though time-consuming, will give you a smooth surface to paint.

2. Scrape as much loose paint as you can and fill the patches. Probably only feasible if patches are not too numerous and are not overly large for filling (dependent on how comfortable you are with filling).

3. Scrape as much loose paint as you can and fill around edges of hard-to-get-off paint to 'feather out' to plaster then line the walls with 1200 or 1400 lining paper (size walls with light paste before lining).

Number one will get you back to the original surface, assuming you don't have to gouge the plaster too much removing the hard stuff, and won't require what might be fairly skilled patching with filler. Two and three will leave you with a certain amount of filler on your walls, which is not ideal, and, even assuming a decent lining job, may not give as good a result as smooth plaster as some patches may show through - possibly requiring a second layer of lining paper..

Good luck.