Shall I repaint due to dust under new paint / causing chipping?
#1
08-18-15, 10:29 PM
Shall I repaint due to dust under new paint / causing chipping?
Hi!
I hope you can help me....our house is nearly two years old and right off the bat the paint chipped here and there around the interior walls. If anything pretty much touches the walls, the paint chips off. I thought it was probably due to dust from construction and using the skill saw inside the house during construction and am dismayed to think the painters didn't clean the dust off the walls before painting!! My question is would it be advisable to repaint all of the walls to prevent further chipping? Thank you!
I hope you can help me....our house is nearly two years old and right off the bat the paint chipped here and there around the interior walls. If anything pretty much touches the walls, the paint chips off. I thought it was probably due to dust from construction and using the skill saw inside the house during construction and am dismayed to think the painters didn't clean the dust off the walls before painting!! My question is would it be advisable to repaint all of the walls to prevent further chipping? Thank you!
#2
08-19-15, 04:30 AM
Welcome to the forums!
You need to sand those areas first! That will remove any paint that hasn't bonded well to the wall. Failure to do so will just postpone more chipping/peeling and make the repair more involved.
You need to sand those areas first! That will remove any paint that hasn't bonded well to the wall. Failure to do so will just postpone more chipping/peeling and make the repair more involved.
#3
08-19-15, 08:16 AM
Group Moderator
Painting over crap just makes for thicker crap. As Mark said, you need to address the issue first. Not going to be fun, IMO....
#4
08-19-15, 10:19 AM
I don't think it will be too bad to sand off. I've occasionally blown dust/dirt up on the wall when spraying wall primer in new construction. The aggravation of knowing I didn't sweep good enough was worse than sanding it down and fixing it.
