hi everyone,
just wondering what you pros do when you have to re-skim a wall that has been painted with eggshell paint??
i've had quite a few painted walls to do recently, i rang british gypsum for advice and they said that if it's gloss or matt paint it's fine - just use thistle bond-it first, but if it's eggshell then they wouldn't advise it cos eggshell just crumbles.. i used a bonding agent on the painted walls i've done, after getting the loose bits off, and they look fine now that they've been skimmed, but when i tap them it sounds like some small areas have blown (usually no bigger than 2in x 2in). i'm guessing that the paint has come away from the wall in those spots... is that normal? is it ok?
but what do you folks do? surely you don't scrape all the paint off first!??
cheers,
mike
just wondering what you pros do when you have to re-skim a wall that has been painted with eggshell paint??
i've had quite a few painted walls to do recently, i rang british gypsum for advice and they said that if it's gloss or matt paint it's fine - just use thistle bond-it first, but if it's eggshell then they wouldn't advise it cos eggshell just crumbles.. i used a bonding agent on the painted walls i've done, after getting the loose bits off, and they look fine now that they've been skimmed, but when i tap them it sounds like some small areas have blown (usually no bigger than 2in x 2in). i'm guessing that the paint has come away from the wall in those spots... is that normal? is it ok?
but what do you folks do? surely you don't scrape all the paint off first!??
cheers,
mike