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    Battle with flakey wall paint

    Ah, it does look a bit like that. Which surprises me as as I said, Dampco came out and said the house was fine. Here's a pic on the beginning of the crumbling, eventually the paint from the whole bottom corner of the room crumbles away
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    Battle with flakey wall paint

    The plaster is pink & smooth, I'm going to try the plastic tip although when we moved in (August 2015) we had a damp company inspect the cottage & they said it was fine. Do I tape the Plastic to the bit of the wall where the paint is rubbing off or anywhere on that wall? I ask as the tape may...
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    Battle with flakey wall paint

    Just done that, no dissolving from either cup. The warm cup smelt a bit funnier but I wouldn't say unpleasant. The problem appears to be with the wall behind as the paint was fresh on...very confusing!
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    Battle with flakey wall paint

    Hello, I'm a novice looking for advice. We moved into an old cottage and soon after noticed some of the internal walls were flaking away in places, with the paint turning into very fine dust and stripping right back to the plaster. I've had a decorator round to fix it, he tried to by doing coats...
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