The best product that I know to clean the walls before painting is called TSP or something like that. It removes all grease and etches the paint. But it sounds like you need to do some sanding first to remove the pealing paint. Who ever painted last didn't prepare the walls correctly. More than likely they painted over dirty greasy walls. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miranda Borka" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:24 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Painting indoor walls.
Hi Dale, It's pealing due to the fact that we used pine sall to wash the wall down a couple years ago, and we're figuring it was too rough in that spot. By the way, the people who got the home ready before we bought it weren't the smartest bunch... ;) -----Original Message----- From: Dale Leavens <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Painting indoor walls. Well, again, you aren't likely to get all of the paint off. The usual thing to do where you have pealing paint is to scrape off the loose and maybe scrub it down with a wire brush, again maybe a little sanding gently but not directly on drywall as this will damage the paper surface then after washing down paint over. Getting all of the paint off of most surfaces isn't usually practical. If you don't prepare the surface well though your new paint will begin pealing off too. If there are four coats since 1986 and pealing someone hasn't done a good preparation at some point. ----- Original Message ----- From: Miranda Borka To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:19 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Painting indoor walls. Hi, We can guarantee there is no lead paint. This paint was put on in 2006, and we had the home inspected before making an offer. We have to strip the paint, as it is pealing. We are in the process of becoming lisenced as foster parents, and the agency has asked us to fix the pealing paint and repaint. Sorry for any misunderstanding. In Christ, Miranda -----Original Message----- From: Dale Leavens <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Painting indoor walls. There usually isn't any good reason to remove paint and if it is very old you probably don't want to remove it for fear you liberate old lead paint. Generally it is sufficient to wash the paint thoroughly so the new sticks well although you may also wish to give a gentle scrub with something like 80 grit sand paper to take off any nibs or other high points bearing in mind the caveat of the possibility of lead paint. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Borka To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:32 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Painting indoor walls. We have to repaint part of our office upstairs. Part of it is cement and the other part is wood. It looks like at least 4 or 5 thick layers of paint are already there. How would you take all of the paint off and repaint? We are total. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4969 (20100323) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4969 (20100323) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
