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monkey
23-10-12, 09:32 PM
My bathroom has patches all over it with the paint falling off like in the picture below. It hasn't been repainted since new which was about 9 years or so ago. I have an extraction fan in there and it rarely gets steamy. The patches are mostly on the ceiling but also on the wall in small areas.

Can someone advise me how I can go about painting over this mess so that it won't start happening again?

http://imageshack.us/a/img96/2426/deletesp.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/deletesp.jpg/)
svrich
23-10-12, 09:38 PM
Is that plaster showing through?
I would scrape and/or sand the crappy paint off. Repaint with a primer coat (a watered down mix) then cover with a non-watered down coat(s) of specific bathroom paint as required.
andrewsmith
23-10-12, 09:40 PM
As above!
If there is any stains/ watermarks get a tin of Stainblock and paint the area a couple of times
monkey
23-10-12, 09:49 PM
Yep it's plaster. There aren't any stains that I've noticed. I think they builders may have just used any old emulsion rather than kitchen and pathroom paint. I'm not sure that painting up to the edge of the patches will stop it flaking off further.
andrewsmith
23-10-12, 10:04 PM
Quicker and easier to repaint the whole lot!

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monkey
23-10-12, 10:13 PM
I'm going to do the whole flat but I don't want the paint flaking off where it hasn't already peeled.
tigersaw
23-10-12, 10:17 PM
mine did that above the shower. I removed all the flakey stuff, painted it with some stuff called Dulux sealer which is pink but drys white, then painted over it with emulsion. Its never returned after 2 years
monkey
23-10-12, 10:29 PM
Brilliant, thanks.
tigersaw
23-10-12, 10:40 PM
Actually It might be blue and drys white - I forget.
its this stuff: http://reviews.homebase.co.uk/1494-en_gb/347549/reviews.htm
Mixed reviews say it leaves paintbrush marks - taking a look it looks OK to me, though my surface isn't smooth in any case
Bibio
23-10-12, 11:30 PM
take a scraper and scrape what you can off then feather the edges with sandpaper and paint. it's lasted 9 years doing it again will last another 9.
Specialone
24-10-12, 06:08 AM
My opinion/advice...

Get a stiff brush, scrub the crap out of the ceiling, you want all the loose stuff off.
Don't use kitchen and bathroom paint, it forms a skin which is a right pita to overpaint, use normal good quality emulsion, you could maybe paint with a primer first if you wanted.