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emulsion bubbling?

I have painted my kitchen but 1 wall keeps bubbling when painted.
The wall has been painted before with no problems but this time I put one coat on with no problems then put the second one on and this is when it started bubbling.I scraped them off when it dried and tried again but if anything it was worse the next time.

Any ideas?

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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Are you painting over wallpaper or lining paper by any chance.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    Did you clean down the paintwork with sugar soap before painting? You may have painted over patches of grease...
  • drusilla
    drusilla Posts: 294 Forumite
    We had this problem in the area that had the kettle. It could be the steam from that.
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  • the walls are not lined or papered.
    they were skimmed about 6 years ago and never had any trouble before.
    didnt clean down the wall first but its only happened on 2 walls.
    the house is let out and the previous tenants painted 2 walls red(dulux emulsion)i have painted over these with a cream so after 2 coats all was ok but now on applying third coat paint starts bubbling in patches....what can i do?
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    You need to sand the affected parts and then apply a watered down coat of PVA before re-emulsioning.
    Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
  • many other posters on other forums advise against using PVA at all...
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