Thursday, February 18, 2010

Paint peeling off walls that are not drywall?

Here is the deal, my mom's living room does not have drywall. It appears the inside walls are concrete of some type. When painted the idiots did not use a sealer resuting in the paint now peeling off to the bare concrete. Do i need to remove all of the paint ? Or can i use drywall compound and feather it to cover these areas then prime then paint? I really need some help here.Paint peeling off walls that are not drywall?
Peel off the paint of the walls. Clean the surface of the wall using abrasives. Put the primer and paint. This procedure will give you a best result.Paint peeling off walls that are not drywall?
Well concrete can get cold and I have heard paint will peel if it's cold and cracks. So, I'd say peel off all the old paint you can, prime, and paint again.





Good luck!
Don't ya just love people who don't do it right and leave a bigger mess for the next guy/gal?





Scrape or brush as much of the loose paint off as you can. You don't need to remove all of the old paint just as much of the loose stuff as you can. Wipe down the walls with a very mild detergent/soap solution and rinse with clean water. Let dry at least overnight. If there are any areas where the paint peeling has left a ';crater'; you should sand it down so that your job will be smooth.





When you go to the paint store, get a good primer/sealer that will work on concrete/block/brick. I use Zinser Bulls eye 123 on a lot of my projects; it's a sealer, primer, stain blocker all in one. Works on nearly any surface, indoors or out and I have yet to have it fail on anything. It's not cheap but cheap sometimes gets you in trouble.





Take a brush and work the primer/sealer into the peeled areas. Really feather out the product where it goes on the remaining paint. Let that dry how ever long the directions recommend. Then coat the entire thing with the primer/sealer. Let that dry and give the walls a good inspection; do you see any low areas? If so, feather in some more of the primer.





One idea is to use texture paint which will help hide a multitude of ';sins';. It's a really thick paint type mixture that seems to have something like drywall mud in it. You can vary the texture with the type and depth of the roller you use with it. Colors are quite limited but you can put a coat of that on to help hide the issues and then topcoat that with regular paint.





Good luck! It's not going to be an easy project, there is no quick fix when dealing with peeling paint but if you do all the prep work; you will have a result that will be long lasting and something you can be proud of.

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