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Hello all,
In my kitchen there was an area in the corner where the wall meets the ceiling (an old chimney flu) that suffered some damp due to either a leaky roof or heavy rainfall getting inside the open chimney stacks at the top. At the time I had my walls and ceiling skimmed and as a result the damp chimney area caused the fresh plaster skim to dry slower. The area looked pretty stained after it dried. There was a cracked roof tile above that had been fixed, however I'm not sure if this was entirely the cause.
So everything feels dry. I sanded the area and painted with mist then Delux vinyl matt. However it is really patchy! I was thinking of giving it a few more coats of the Vynil matt in this area though would the stain just come through again?
I bought Zinsser Bullseye 123 (water based) as it says it is a stain blocker. Is this ok to paint onto the existing vinyl matt? If I paint this over the entire stained area and then paint the vinyl matt on top will the vinyl matt stick to the zinsser ok?
I did originally wipe the mist coat off these areas and paint on some zinsser gardz, though the paint didn't stick to that very well, just wiped off with water the next day, so had to sand it all off
I need to get my flat ready asap as my girlfriend is pregnant and needs to move in. This stained area is holding up the kitchen in a big way so any help would be great.
In my kitchen there was an area in the corner where the wall meets the ceiling (an old chimney flu) that suffered some damp due to either a leaky roof or heavy rainfall getting inside the open chimney stacks at the top. At the time I had my walls and ceiling skimmed and as a result the damp chimney area caused the fresh plaster skim to dry slower. The area looked pretty stained after it dried. There was a cracked roof tile above that had been fixed, however I'm not sure if this was entirely the cause.
So everything feels dry. I sanded the area and painted with mist then Delux vinyl matt. However it is really patchy! I was thinking of giving it a few more coats of the Vynil matt in this area though would the stain just come through again?
I bought Zinsser Bullseye 123 (water based) as it says it is a stain blocker. Is this ok to paint onto the existing vinyl matt? If I paint this over the entire stained area and then paint the vinyl matt on top will the vinyl matt stick to the zinsser ok?
I did originally wipe the mist coat off these areas and paint on some zinsser gardz, though the paint didn't stick to that very well, just wiped off with water the next day, so had to sand it all off
I need to get my flat ready asap as my girlfriend is pregnant and needs to move in. This stained area is holding up the kitchen in a big way so any help would be great.
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