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I made the mistake of getting a small amount of Danish Oil on a wall when finishing a tabletop. The walls are freshly painted vinyl emulsion, and quite washable so I tried washing it off before it set. But this just seemed to spread it out further and further! I've now tried painting over it...

No, it feels pretty solid where the tape would be. That was my first thought as well. And the ridges feel hard as well, so it's not the paint bubbling, but the shape of the easi fill below.

Will do next time. Maybe I applied the 1-2-3 a bit too thin as well. I had heard people say they just put a mist coat of emulsion on top of easi fill so I thought it would be fine but clearly not!

Good point. I applied the compound quite thinly and let it dry for ages, so it doesn't make sense that it would have shrunk. Maybe Zinsser 1-2-3 isn't suitable for sealing easi fill type compounds?

Hello! I've been repairing a few blown tapes in a 3-year-old house. But after painting, it looks like the jointing compound has sunk? I did 5 stages of compound: Pre-filled gap in the corner with Make Good jointing compound (very similar to Easi Fill) First layer to bed the tape into (metal...