I just painted my walls however there's some air pockets that are peeling.?

Question

The air-pockets can be peeled and the paint along with the old paint underneath comes right off exposing the sheetrock. When I pull back the paint, it's so thick (1mm) that it feels like leather. Now I have to repaint. What should I do to ensure no more peeling occurs???

Answer 1

Primer seal & sanding walls w/ problem spots. if you have indents that are obvious than a lil spackling or joint compound to fill them in. If oil is the issuse TSP is best to wash walls for etching surfaces too. but first gotta scrap off bubbles & loose pealings. Happy Painting!!!

Answer 2

use a pigmented sealer for problem spots or whole wall,problem mostlikely moisture but could be a few things trie putting some heat on the bubbles like a hair drier or somthing they might shrink back you should not have to peel off the whole wall,without seeing the problem my avice talk to your local paint shop for eg dulux taubans ....they are up to date with product etc and will offer best ideas .for the hole you have alredy peeled seal them off with the above or apropriate primer sealer fill,sand seal/prime touch up with top coat and give wall 1 full coat the pigmented sealer blocks oyt moister dont use acrylic or water based must be pigmented or solvent based at least

Answer 3

Sand it first with a heavy grain to make sure you get all the old unstable crap off. Use a lighter grain to smooth it out before repainting, and then use Kilz or a similar primer to prevent additional peeling.

Answer 4

whoever painted it the first time either didn't clean the wall of putty dust or used CHEAP paint and you are now paying for it. i suggest peeling as much off as you can, sanding a whole lot and cleaning the wall prior to repainting.

Answer 5

make sure the wall are totally dry. the air pockets are from moisture on or in the dry wall. try using a small space heater to heat a section of wall befor you paint but be careful, you don't want to start a fire.