Hi,
I'm new here so please be kind!
I'm in the process of 'doing up' my first flat with the help of my Dad. We've recently finished the living room...or so I thought!
After removing the horrible raised wallpaper, we discovered an odd looking patch halfway up the party wall, in the corner. It was about two foot long and looked like glue as it was quite shiny, we thought it was old wallpaper paste. We washed the walls down (after filling the cracks and sanding) and then applied diluted pva. The patch was still present, we papered with heavy duty lining paper and have painted 2/3 coats of my chosen colour on top. This was all completed about 6 weeks ago.
Since then the patch has come back, it is now joined by similar patches all along the wall at roughly the same height. There is one or two near the ground in the same corner and there are two which look spotty. Everytime I go to the flat (about once a week) I notice a new patch/stain. The flat is empty but the room is carpeted with some furniture in there, it does get quite warm in the room as it has patio windows and full sun in the morning.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what it is or how to cure it?
I'll try and get some photos up later.
Any info would be appreciated as I feel really disheartened at the moment!
Thanks,
Jo.
I'm new here so please be kind!
I'm in the process of 'doing up' my first flat with the help of my Dad. We've recently finished the living room...or so I thought!
After removing the horrible raised wallpaper, we discovered an odd looking patch halfway up the party wall, in the corner. It was about two foot long and looked like glue as it was quite shiny, we thought it was old wallpaper paste. We washed the walls down (after filling the cracks and sanding) and then applied diluted pva. The patch was still present, we papered with heavy duty lining paper and have painted 2/3 coats of my chosen colour on top. This was all completed about 6 weeks ago.
Since then the patch has come back, it is now joined by similar patches all along the wall at roughly the same height. There is one or two near the ground in the same corner and there are two which look spotty. Everytime I go to the flat (about once a week) I notice a new patch/stain. The flat is empty but the room is carpeted with some furniture in there, it does get quite warm in the room as it has patio windows and full sun in the morning.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what it is or how to cure it?
I'll try and get some photos up later.
Any info would be appreciated as I feel really disheartened at the moment!
Thanks,
Jo.