Hi,
I wonder if anyone has come across this before, and what did you do about it?
I moved into a house about 18 moths ago. In one of the bedrooms I stripped the wallpaper and found an orange and a green paint beneath. These did not look like normal emulsion (or gloss) so I tried to remove as much as possible (steamed it off) and when painted with matt emulsion it looked as if it had acne at first but this died away as the paint dried. As time has passed this paint has started cracking and falling away in places so I'm stripping it back to bare plaster as I think the green and orange paint is to blame. This has worked OK on one wall but the other three are fully covered in it and look dreadful, the new emulsion just strips off without much effort but I am really struggling with the old paint. When steamed it is very stubborn and when it does come away it is like latex.
As I am now ruining the walls with the scraper it looks like a re-skim is required but can I do this over the old paint or will it not adhere just like the new emulsion? Also is there an easier way to remove the old paint as I've just about had enough of it!
Thanks!
Jamodu
I wonder if anyone has come across this before, and what did you do about it?
I moved into a house about 18 moths ago. In one of the bedrooms I stripped the wallpaper and found an orange and a green paint beneath. These did not look like normal emulsion (or gloss) so I tried to remove as much as possible (steamed it off) and when painted with matt emulsion it looked as if it had acne at first but this died away as the paint dried. As time has passed this paint has started cracking and falling away in places so I'm stripping it back to bare plaster as I think the green and orange paint is to blame. This has worked OK on one wall but the other three are fully covered in it and look dreadful, the new emulsion just strips off without much effort but I am really struggling with the old paint. When steamed it is very stubborn and when it does come away it is like latex.
As I am now ruining the walls with the scraper it looks like a re-skim is required but can I do this over the old paint or will it not adhere just like the new emulsion? Also is there an easier way to remove the old paint as I've just about had enough of it!
Thanks!
Jamodu