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What's the wet 'paint' on my damp cellar walls?
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Distemper (in one form or another) has been around since the Egyptian times... Hardly a "new" product. However, tastes change, and the old stuff has fallen out of fashion, only for it to creep back in. Natural paints and traditional colours are all the rage again (at inflated prices).
When I stated "new" I meant it as the latest "fashion" not that it was a new product.0 -
If it has a putty like feel it could be standard vinyl emulsion, the putty effect could be the vinyl additive coming away.
You can get cellar paint which contains more fungicide than usual but they tend to have a pink caste to them.
Like you say stripping it back would probably be best as painting on the top of it wouldn't work as the new paint wouldn't adhere to it. Be mindful old paint could contain lead so a cheap lead testing kit could be a good buy.
Good luck0
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