blistering paint on living room ceiling

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09-04-04, 02:10 PM

danette

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blistering paint on living room ceiling

Hello, and I need some advice. We are trying to list our house. We have had a blistered but dry (rather large) spot in our living room. Three weeks ago professional painters came and painted inside our house and out. Today, I noticed that the living room ceiling is blistering again and one spot looks like an oil spot bleeding through. Again, it is dry, but looks awful. Any suggestions or thoughts about what the problem could be? Would appreciate any advice. Thanks so much.

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09-04-04, 02:16 PM

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You should firstly call back the painter that did your job and have him put it right. It sounds like you need a stain blocker on that area. A can of Kilz spray should be OK, and then touch-up with the original ceiling color after it is dry.

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09-04-04, 05:42 PM

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i appreciate the advice very much, but why do you think the ceiling paint is blistering again? That doesn't seem like a stain problem (although another part of the area does).

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09-04-04, 09:17 PM

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Is the ceiling vaulted, sheetrock, plaster, under the roof or is it a 2nd floor above it, bathroom above it, etc. Blistering is usually water vapor or solvent trying to escape. Where its coming from is the question. I agree with Harrier that the painter is responsible to fix it. If it is coming from leaking pipes or? then he wont be able to untill the problem is fixed. But it was his job to check into why the blistering was there before he painted over it. If it has been dry and started blistering then I agree that a good primer is the easy fix to seal in what is trying to get out as harrier pointed out but he may have prepped and primed it already? Get him back out. good luck

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09-05-04, 02:15 AM

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Thank You !!

Thanks Jeffk!!
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09-05-04, 02:31 AM

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-looks like an oil spot bleeding through. Again, it is DRY, but looks awful.

If it's as you say "DRY". Then there is no continuing moisture? Kilz should seal the stain or blistering effect. Another coat of your finish color should make it right. But please remember that your pro painter should have spotted this and brought it to your attention and or corrected it.
Also, if this blistering is a flakey residue that comes away when you wipe your fingers over it. That could be the after affects of moisture. Be sure that there is no further ingress of moisture. If you don't stop it, you will never cure it!

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socal2nyc on Sep 02, 2004

Hi, I just moved into a tiny (300 sq. ft.) studio in Manhattan (it's a Columbia student apartment - actually pretty cheap!). Anyways in attempt to personalize my new home, I've painted the walls and purchased all new furniture. First my place - it's basically one room with a very small kitchenette. Although the horizontal space is limited, the ceilings are decently high at aprox. 12ft+. The floors are hardwood, in a natural color with a poly (I think) coat. My furniture is all either hand stained or bought from IKEA (I'm a student, remember?) and is all a VERY dark brown - similar to a teak or even ebony color. All furniture has a satin finish. I painted half of my walls a light sage color and the other walls (long entrance way to back of studio a light brown-gray color (I think this is sort of a taupe but the official name of the color is beach pebble). The walls truly look great - a big improvement over the off-white before. My frustration stems from the moulding that encircles my floors. It's about a foot high, off-white and has been painted many times over. It also has a lot of imperfections because of all the sloppy paint jobs beforehand (drips, etc..) I heard that i should try to match this with the furniture so I've been looking in the very dark brown direction. I've bought about 4 different colors and cannot find anything that is dark enough to match my furniture. Finally I tried a color called Obsidian which looked sort of brown compared to the 30 other blacks but when applied looks...black. I am really going for a contemporary, minimalist and Eastern theme but this moulding contradicts all 3 of those directions. Can anyone suggest a color that would help me achieve this look given the colors of my walls, furniture, etc...? I've heard darker than the walls is better but I have also heard you can paint the moulding the same as the walls (but in a semi-gloss or satin finish) to de-emphasize the moulding. Any thoughts? My apologies for the verbose posting - I appreciate your input!!! Matt
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