HELP: I'm Ruining My Walls

17 years ago

I am repainting my powder room red and I have a faux painter adding a leather-type treatment afterwards. I am using a tinted primer and two coats of paint.

Here's my problem. I removed the wallpaper with no problem (the walls were sized prior to paper installation). I cleaned the walls and used a hand sander. I could "see" paste residue, but since the walls were very smooth I started to apply the tinted primer. Apparently, the primer caused the residual paste to thicken and get lumpy.

Where do I go from here? I have only primed the edges and corners so far and a 2 foot square part of the wall.

Do I wait until the primer is dry, then sand it off, rewash the walls, sand and start again??

Other advice? The primer is drying as I type!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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kyliegirl
17 years ago
What did you use to clean the walls and what kind of primer are you using?

I would wash and sand it all down after it dries...or it is trouble down the road
just_chris
17 years ago
Wash with warm water and paste remover using a sponge. Keep doing that until all residue is gone. Let dry 24hrs. Prime with high quality primer - finish with high quality paint or VWC.
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Faron79
17 years ago
HI Karezz!
Good advice from the two posters.

>>> If you haven't already done so...use stripping solution to remove all residual paste. Then, a couple clean-water rinses, and a day to dry.
* The water in your primer is reactivating the paste and gelling with it.
* Feather-sand the edges of your dried primer so there's no "edge" anymore.
*Because it's a RED color, use a gray-tinted primer. In this case, try to find:
>>> Gaardz, by Zinsser. Have it tinted with Black, up to the limit of 2 oz./gallon I believe. Check on can though!
>>> BIN primer by Zinsser. Smelly, but very effective at blocking glue bleed-through. Tint this with black colorant too...check the limit.
>>> 123-Latex primer by Zinsser. Have this tinted with 2 oz. of Black per gallon.

TWO FULL coats of Red about 6-hrs. apart.

Best of Luck!
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moonshadow
17 years ago
I ran into this issue with my bath. Took wallpaper down with DIF, washed walls with DIF and every other product you can imagine. It was a slimy mess every time it got wet. So I took a palm sander to the walls. Looked like I got it, tested with a damp rag, slimy mess again. Nothing I did would get that residue off. I ended up using oil-based primer to seal it in. That solved the problem. Once the oil-based primer dried I then put my latex wall paint on after that. No problems, paint has been on there going on 4 years, no issues at all.
scolex
17 years ago
Razor scrape the areas that you have painted over to remove residue. Mix some liquid Tide with warm water and sponge/spray your walls. wait about thirty minuetes and repeat. use your razor scraper or a rough scrubbing sponge to remove residue. Rinse your tools often. when done, rinse all with clear, clean water. Change often. Let the walls dry overnight and then prime with alkyd based primer. Lots of work, I know, but in the end will be worth it. Don't waste your money on DIF. This from a proffesional paper remover.

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