getting kitchen/bathroom style paints off walls.

alinwales

I read that they are usually called latex or acrylic based pints (dulux diamond stuff, kitchen/bathroom.. the type that can take a good bashing).

I'd like to get some of my walls.. would appreciate advice on how. In one small spot it is actually peeling from the stuff below.
I'm thinking some gentle heating... good idea?

phill99

Why do you need to get it off! If it is flakey, then scrape it off, sand down and then paint with new emulsion.

alinwales

It's lumpy, bumpy, some badly bodged attempts at filling in holes underneath... and it's hell to sand down properly (gets stuck in the paper)... getting rid of it would be the best option, well that's what I thought anyway!

plumb1_2

Its a nightmare to remove, had it bathroom walls i was renovating. Quicker to bond it and skim.

alinwales

plumb1 wrote: »

Quicker to bond it and skim.

Yup, that was my plan C (plan B was to get someone in to skim, but replacing our old oven has taken that pot of money).

the plan: sand down the worst bits, fill in the worst bits, wash, coat with thinned emulsion, use easi-fill (which I have read good stuff about in other forums), sand down, paint, job done.

keystone

alinwales wrote: »

and it's hell to sand down properly (gets stuck in the paper)...

Are you using an electric sander? If so what is happening is that the friction is melting the vinyl in the paint so it goes all nice and runny, gums up your abrasive and when it cools goes solid again. Far better to do it by hand. There is no reason why you can't get a good surface that way.

Cheers

alinwales

keystone wrote: »

Are you using an electric sander? If so what is happening is that the friction is melting the vinyl in the paint so it goes all nice and runny, gums up your abrasive and when it cools goes solid again. Far better to do it by hand. There is no reason why you can't get a good surface that way.

Cheers

Yeah, but you should see me go using just my hand, probably get the same result as a sander! I'll use my left hand, should be slower and might avoid softening the paint up
Thanks for the tip.

alinwales

Well after a bit of effort (not much mind) around the bit that was peeling off, I have scraped off an entire wall... just plaster and primer coat remains - well the primer coat has half flaked off with the top layer... but it does show me that it was the quality of the primer layer has caused the top layer to look naff (looks like it was roughly slapped up with a brush). SO the plan now is just to sand down the prime coat and reapply. The plaster underneath where I can see it is actually very good. Glad I didn't get anyone in to skim it instead!