Wrong paint and no primer

[hiace_drifter]

I moved into a house in 2021, apparently owned by someone mentally infirm judging by the diy decisions!

I always suspected the bathroom had been painted with no primer, and the wrong sort of paint (there was an cold can of wood/metal paint the garage which matched exactly).

Ready to paint the bathroom, I started to tidy up some bare patches on the walls where stickers had been removed and pulled the paint off. It is coming off in sheets - does that confirm my suspicions that they didn't prime etc?

[dewaltdisney]

Probably, it could be the classic no mist coat applied on fresh plaster which would show the flaky bonding. Scrape it back to get a decent surface and then paint over with Zinsser Peel Stop or Gardz which will prepare the surface for your new paint finish.

DWD

[hiace_drifter]

Probably, it could be the classic no mist coat applied on fresh plaster which would show the flaky bonding. Scrape it back to get a decent surface and then paint over with Zinsser Peel Stop or Gardz which will prepare the surface for your new paint finish.

DWD

Thanks. I am finding patches where the pain has adhered properly. Is there a way to find all the dodgy areas (e.g. run a steel brush over the entire walls)? Or shall i just scrape all the paint off and start again?

[dewaltdisney]

Scrape off the loose stuff, feather the edges of the sound paint, and go over with a sealer like Zinsser.

DWD