Since I bought my house I notice something weird with the bathroom ceiling. The paint seems to blister and crack over time. Last summer I sanded, patched and smoothed out the ceiling, then primed and re-painted. Over the past few months I have noticed it is starting to do the same thing again. When the humidity rises, the paint seems to grow, when humidity goes back down the paint goes back to normal. This bathroom is quite small, but is also the only one in the house. A few years ago I installed a new higher flowing ceiling fan to help keep the steam from the shower to a minimum. Window open, fan going, doesn’t seem to make much of a difference what I do. Am I getting the wrong paint? I did KILZ last year after sanding and all that, then did a bathroom/kitchen paint with mildew resistance and primer included. After 15yrs here, I’m trying to prep to move, but I’d like to figure out what I can do with the bathroom to stop this issue.

I had a new cedar deck installed (around 350 sq feet) last year. I sealed it with a semi-transparent stain about 2 weeks after the install. I read 2 weeks is adequate time to wait for cedar. I used a sealer that was recommended in Consumer Reports (Behr Premium Semi-Trans) not some cheap stuff. CR said after 2 years on their roof (on wood panels) the stain held up. I went with semi-transparent as it gets a lot of sun and read that clear would not protect well. After less than 1 year, it is peeling and looks terrible. Do I reapply the same stain or strip the deck and start over? I really prefer clear as at least that doesn't look terrible when it starts to fail. But stripping is a pain. I guess I am looking for whatever long term is easier to maintain. [ATTACH]52504[/ATTACH]