Paint not adhering to walls

keystone

jicms wrote: »

It might be worth me testing this on the wall to see if it seals them enough to just apply another coat of Dulux

I hope the means that you are slightly joking. What you are suggesting is priming a paint for another paint to stick to it when firstly it probably doesn't need it and secondly the problem lies beneath the paint you are going to prime. So you will then have three layers of paint not attached to the surface you originally painted. That makes great sense.

Cheers

blue_monkey_2

Why did you use lining paper? It might well be easier to strip the lining paper off and start again to be honest.

keystone

blue_monkey wrote: »

Why did you use lining paper?

Because it was already there and already painted?

It might well be easier to strip the lining paper off and start again to be honest.

Yes good advice.

Cheers

anguk

The one and only time I painted matt emulsion on a wall previously covered with silk I swore it was a mistake I wouldn't make again, it cracked and started rubbing off straight away. Also I personally would never use a matt emulsion in a kitchen because it's not washable, if you try to wash your walls down the paint will just rub off. I prefer the look of matt emulsion but I always use silk in any areas where I'm likely to have to wash the walls like the kitchen and also the hallway where the dog comes in and out of the house.

Plasterer

anguk wrote: »

The one and only time I painted matt emulsion on a wall previously covered with silk I swore it was a mistake I wouldn't make again, it cracked and started rubbing off straight away. Also I personally would never use a matt emulsion in a kitchen because it's not washable, if you try to wash your walls down the paint will just rub off. I prefer the look of matt emulsion but I always use silk in any areas where I'm likely to have to wash the walls like the kitchen and also the hallway where the dog comes in and out of the house.

Im gonna leave old Durham town... Im gonna la la la.
Nothing to do with the thread, hows Durham nowadays? Used to live in Chester-le-street.

Leif

anguk wrote: »

The one and only time I painted matt emulsion on a wall previously covered with silk I swore it was a mistake I wouldn't make again, it cracked and started rubbing off straight away. Also I personally would never use a matt emulsion in a kitchen because it's not washable, if you try to wash your walls down the paint will just rub off. I prefer the look of matt emulsion but I always use silk in any areas where I'm likely to have to wash the walls like the kitchen and also the hallway where the dog comes in and out of the house.

You can use acrylic matt such as Dulux Endurance, which is washable.

jicms

blue_monkey wrote: »

Why did you use lining paper? It might well be easier to strip the lining paper off and start again to be honest.

The lining paper was previously used because of the poor quality of the walls.

There is only a very small area of painted wall in the "kitchen" area of the room. I prefer the look of matt paint to silk/satin which shows all imperfections and brush marks.

I've purchased some Polycell 3 In 1 Problem Wall Primer ready for redecoration.