Removing grease spots from paint before re-painting?

pinkteapot

Kitchen needs repainting. The current wall paint has some grease spots from splashes. How can I remove them or cover them and seal them so they won't show through when I repaint? (assuming they will (?)).

For anyone wondering why we've got grease splashes on painted areas, blame whichever idiot previous owner of our house designed the kitchen to have the eye-level oven installed in a corner. When you open the door and pull a rack out, it's right next to a painted wall. :wall:

Bit like this: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/40/d6/3f/40d63fd0621f5ae5b7983aeba70a93ae.jpg

Have considered putting a clear plastic splashback up but would look a bit odd!

girlsmum

Try washing with sugar soap however I would put something up or tile the wall that gets splashed rather than paint as its gong to happen again.

TheCyclingProgrammer

girlsmum wrote: »

Try washing with sugar soap however I would put something up or tile the wall that gets splashed rather than paint as its gong to happen again.

Or just re-paint with a durable, scrubbable paint? Eggshell/kitchen & bathroom paint etc.

phil24_7

Sugar soup or hot soapy water followed by a light rub with sand paper or scotch pads. Then just repaint. If any areas don't take properly then those areas may need redoing.

pinkteapot

girlsmum wrote: »

Try washing with sugar soap however I would put something up or tile the wall that gets splashed rather than paint as its gong to happen again.

The whole kitchen needs repainting - we know the kitchen was replaced ten years ago and the paintwork looks about that old. There's other marks etc and it's generally slightly dingy. I'm not just repainting that area.

I was planning to use a scrubbable kitchen paint as others suggested to avoid any spots in the future, though does anyone know if they really do stand up to grease? I've wiped things like drink spills off kitchen paint before, but grease is another matter!

Thanks for the tips.

jakemillspaek

Areas suspectable to grease I would tile using a plain smooth tile.Cheap and easy.

edinburgher

Before we sold our old flat, we had the bathroom replastered and redecorated. As the plasterer/decorator repaired the plaster, I noticed a joist with some rusty nails and asked him to coat the plaster so that rust wouldn't permeate the new paint.

Surprise, surprise, he didn't bother his backside and by the next morning we had 15-20 unattractive rust spots making their way through the first coat of paint.

Luckily direct action with a can of Polycell One Coat Stain Stop Aerosol covered up for his lazy efforts and the rust spots were nowhere to be seen when we sold up 6+ months later.

If it covered rusty nails, I'm sure it would work for grease?

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