Strange paint bubbles on pained kitchen wall? what are they?

blackcloud

Thanks for those responses

Ive taken off the loose paint and it now looks like this

http://s24.postimg.org/g5868cdtx/Photo0015.jpg

ive bought some paint that says 0.75L cover up to 3m²

do you think based on the picture that the area that needs painting is less than 3m² ?

also would you recommend i used an easy sand filler around the edges before I paint?

Ruski

I'm sorry - but I'm sticking to my original diagnosis of damp, an oven would not cause damp at skirting level.

Is that area a bricked up doorway per chance?.

To answer your guestion tho: yes it's less that 3m2 and if you really want to, use a lightweight filler and blend it in...



But I think the problem will come back, IMHO.


HTH

Russ

Dan-Dan

Why are you undertaking all this in a rented house?

apologies if you dont , thought i`d read it elsewhere

lovinituk

If you just slap paint on that you will still see the edges of the old paint. Without trying to sound rude, you don't sound very 'handy' so you are likely to get paint all over the cooker and cupboards. Then there's the issue of the damp that won't go away on its own.

All in all, that wall is going to end up looking worse than it did to start with!

blackcloud

lovinituk wrote: »

If you just slap paint on that you will still see the edges of the old paint. Without trying to sound rude, you don't sound very 'handy' so you are likely to get paint all over the cooker and cupboards. Then there's the issue of the damp that won't go away on its own.

All in all, that wall is going to end up looking worse than it did to start with!

How can I avoid seeing the edges of the old paint when I paint the wall?

phil24_7

I would take a stanley blade (angle it so that you effectively make a slope on the edge of the paint) to the paint (not too hard, you only want to cut through the paint) at the top of the patch and gently scrape it off to create a straight edge. Scrape everything below that to the window architrave, window sill, corner bead under the window, and the skirting. This way you will only have 1 edge to blend. Use some polyfiller etc to blend the edge of the paint (try to make the blend 3 or 4 inches wide so that you don't notice it). I would then paint a 50/50 mist coat on the fresh plaster once it is all the very light pink colour (not before).

1 coat of 50/50 mist followed by 1 coat of 30/70 mist and then a couple coats of paint (possibly with 10% water, 10/90, or 20% water, 20/80, added depending on what paint you have bought).

It may be worth pulling out that bottom drawer and having a look at the state of the wall in there to see if there are any other issues you need to be aware of.

Regards
Phil

blackcloud

Thanks, I was having trouble removing the bits of paint there, how can I remove them? is there a product I can use to loosen the paint?

lovinituk

blackcloud wrote: »

How can I avoid seeing the edges of the old paint when I paint the wall?

Why are you ignoring the damp issue?

Its pointless listening to any of the other advice until you have resolved the root of the problem.

Or are you hastily trying to fix this in a rented place before you move out?

blackcloud

lovinituk wrote: »

Why are you ignoring the damp issue?

Its pointless listening to any of the other advice until you have resolved the root of the problem.

Or are you hastily trying to fix this in a rented place before you move out?

Please reread thread, in particular post 15. Problem is resolved.

lovinituk

blackcloud wrote: »

Please reread thread, in particular post 15. Problem is resolved.

It still looks wet, particularly at the bottom. So you might have stopped it getting any wetter but it needs to dry completely before you do anything else.