Builders and decorator types. Help needed - SV650.org

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?

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

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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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

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-e...49/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.

23-10-12, 09:32 PM	#1
monkey Guest Posts: n/a	Builders and decorator types. Help needed 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?

23-10-12, 09:38 PM	#2
svrich Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed 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.

23-10-12, 09:40 PM	#3
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed As above! If there is any stains/ watermarks get a tin of Stainblock and paint the area a couple of times __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

23-10-12, 09:49 PM	#4
monkey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed 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.

23-10-12, 10:04 PM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Quicker and easier to repaint the whole lot! sent from a phone __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

23-10-12, 10:13 PM	#6
monkey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed I'm going to do the whole flat but I don't want the paint flaking off where it hasn't already peeled.

23-10-12, 10:17 PM	#7
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed 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

23-10-12, 10:29 PM	#8
monkey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed Brilliant, thanks.

23-10-12, 10:40 PM	#9
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed Actually It might be blue and drys white - I forget. its this stuff: http://reviews.homebase.co.uk/1494-e...49/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

23-10-12, 11:30 PM	#10
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,561	Re: Builders and decorator types. Help needed 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.

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