weird paint stretchy when warm

[hiace_drifter]

Hi

I've been steaming wall paper off, which has been painted over with blue paint which is very shiny (wipe clean?) and when warm goes all stretchy and peels off in sheets.

In some areas it has been applied straight onto plaster (with primer i think). For those areas will it cause problems for repainting or plastering? If yes, is there a way to remove it?



Thanks

[dewaltdisney]

It is Vinyl silk emulsion paint and when you are heating it on the wallpaper it delaminates and peels off. On plaster, it is not so easy but the principle is the same where a bit of heat from a WP stripper or a heat gun can shrink the plastic surface causing puckering allowing you to scrape the plastic surface to give a good bond for the new paint on the surface revealed, it might still have colour but that is not so important. There are some who would use Peelaway but I think this is too expensive and a fall pack position. In the past, I have painted over vinyl silk by a good rub down with soapy water and a scotch pad to clean and key the surface. I would suggest experimenting with the scotch pad first in a trial area as I think this will work for you.

DWD

[hiace_drifter]

It is Vinyl silk emulsion paint and when you are heating it on the wallpaper it delaminates and peels off. On plaster, it is not so easy but the principle is the same where a bit of heat from a WP stripper or a heat gun can shrink the plastic surface causing puckering allowing you to scrape the plastic surface to give a good bond for the new paint on the surface revealed, it might still have colour but that is not so important. There are some who would use Peelaway but I think this is too expensive and a fall pack position. In the past, I have painted over vinyl silk by a good rub down with soapy water and a scotch pad to clean and key the surface. I would suggest experimenting with the scotch pad first in a trial area as I think this will work for you.

DWD

Aaah thank you. I had heard of that paint but never used it or seen it in the wild. Thankfully it is only a small area (much less than feared).