Bit of a painting nightmare, please help...

[essexsi]

Hi all,

Decided to do some painting this weekend while watching the olympics.

On rollering the wall the top layer of plasterboard appears to have lifted off, leaving a couple of large and very unsighlty holes in the surface. I might of used too much paint on the roller and sucked the layer off. Does this sound probable? I was using a medium pile woven roller with Dulux matt emulsion.

The plasterboards do not appear to have been skimmed and then paint just slapped straight on, is this common on new builds?

So, how can I repair the damage and then when repaired, what roller should I use?

Thanks for your help and advice. Cheers Si

 

[confidentincompetent]

soo your saying the roller has become stuck to the plasterboard paper? case of too much olympication.. Repair holes with easifill or polyfilla depending on extent of damage. Touch up the repaired areas with a thinned coat of emulsion. Sounds like the emulsion was too thick in the first place? The old surface may be porous? thin your emulsion by about 10% you may find it will go on easier and flow out more so roller wont stick..carry on with same roller.

good luck.

 

[essexsi]

Thanks for your reply and help confidentincompetent.

Think you may be right, it was when the cycling was on!! So not the end of the world then. Will do as you say.

All the best Si

 

[Hib]

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