Hi,
I have reskimmed walls in the kitchen, living room, hallway and stairs of my grandfathers house which I am currently doing up for rental purposes. The walls in the kitchen, hallway and stairs are fine and have been painted with a good result. However one wall in the living room has a mysterious 'damp' looking patch at the base of wall just above the skirtboard.
The wall in question is an interior wall and was left for 5 weeks prior to painting with matt emulsion. The new plaster was also sealed prior to painting. There are some smaller 'damp' looking patches on some of the other walls, one being right at the top of a chimney breast. The 'damp' looking patches are not actually damp to touch and the paint has dried well however these strange patches have developed and are clearly noticeable. I have tried to repaint the patches but as soon as the paint drys the patches return. All the other walls I have done in the house have turned out well without the same problems, can anyone shed any light on this and what is best to do??
Paul
I have reskimmed walls in the kitchen, living room, hallway and stairs of my grandfathers house which I am currently doing up for rental purposes. The walls in the kitchen, hallway and stairs are fine and have been painted with a good result. However one wall in the living room has a mysterious 'damp' looking patch at the base of wall just above the skirtboard.
The wall in question is an interior wall and was left for 5 weeks prior to painting with matt emulsion. The new plaster was also sealed prior to painting. There are some smaller 'damp' looking patches on some of the other walls, one being right at the top of a chimney breast. The 'damp' looking patches are not actually damp to touch and the paint has dried well however these strange patches have developed and are clearly noticeable. I have tried to repaint the patches but as soon as the paint drys the patches return. All the other walls I have done in the house have turned out well without the same problems, can anyone shed any light on this and what is best to do??
Paul