I had my bedroom skimmed recently, all four walls and ceiling. After it had dried out I put a watered-down (about 20%) coat of emulsion on, no problems. I was putting my second top coat on the other day, when I noticed what looked like a gloopy blob of paint on an area I'd painted about 5 minutes earlier. I went over it with the roller and it didn't flatten, so I nudged it with a scraper and it turned out to be a hard lump of paint which came off but took a decent-sized piece of the surrounding paintwork off with it, all the way down to the plaster. After waiting for everything to dry and picking off any loose bits, I now have a 3" x 2" patch of near-pristine looking plaster staring at me through my newly painted ceiling.
It's really frustrating. I can't work out why the paint came off so easily on this patch, because I have tested areas of the walls (which are only at mist coat stage) with a scraper and the paint seems to be nicely adhered, and it's the same mix of paint I used on the ceiling, but perhaps it's because the paint was dry when I tested the walls but this particular patch on the ceiling was wet? I don't know.
Anyway, what's done is done, so now I need to try and rescue the situation. Will I be able to get it back to looking like one continuous piece of paint again or is it just a case of getting it 'close enough'? Any advice you can give to a frustrated novice DIYer would be gladly appreciated.
It's really frustrating. I can't work out why the paint came off so easily on this patch, because I have tested areas of the walls (which are only at mist coat stage) with a scraper and the paint seems to be nicely adhered, and it's the same mix of paint I used on the ceiling, but perhaps it's because the paint was dry when I tested the walls but this particular patch on the ceiling was wet? I don't know.
Anyway, what's done is done, so now I need to try and rescue the situation. Will I be able to get it back to looking like one continuous piece of paint again or is it just a case of getting it 'close enough'? Any advice you can give to a frustrated novice DIYer would be gladly appreciated.