Primer for kitchen walls

ritesh

Quick question guys and gals,

I am repainting my kitchen walls but there has been an area at the bottom just above skirting boards where paint has bubbled and peeled off. There is no moisture on the wall. It just so happened after we built our extension which is where the kitchen is. This happened many years ago and I am now going to sort this.

So now that I have scrapped off all this peeling paint I will need to prime the wall before painting with Dulux Endurance paint (only because I have quite a bit left over form painting the living and dining rooms)

What primer should I use that I can buy from the likes of B&Q or Wickes.

Thanks in advance

cyclonebri1

I'd actually sand the wall 1st as there may be something contaminating the surface, oil or silicone say. I'll take your word about no damp, but I'd do a very basic free check after the paint is off.
Take a piece od clear polythene about 12" square put it over the affected area and seal all around to create an airtight seal, gaffer tape should do it.

Leave it over night and if there is any moisture under the poly, you have damp.
Normally do this to differentiate between damp problems and surface condensation. Yours could be neither but it costs nothing to check.

Primer, I'd use whatever I have, water or oil based gloss undercoat, worked for me

ritesh

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Take a piece od clear polythene about 12" square put it over the affected area and seal all around to create an airtight seal, gaffer tape should do it.

Leave it over night and if there is any moisture under the poly, you have damp.
Normally do this to differentiate between damp problems and surface condensation. Yours could be neither but it costs nothing to check.

That's a great idea!

Many thanks cyclonbri1

JEN22

Are you sure its not damp

ritesh

Hi there,

Yup, checked this morning using cyclonebri1's advice and not a sign of damp.

It is an internal wall separating the kitchen and down stairs shower room of the extension. The paint was flaking on the kitchen side. The shower side was tiled.

It happened to flake not long after we painted this wall.