Hey all,
Finishing a bedroom and one wall had alot of alligatoring on the paint. I was sanding it and spackling but one section was actually peeling off - so I peeled some off to see underneath. Kept on peeling and realized it was bare drywall underneath. So it's crappy paint on top of new drywall (for some reason).
Anyway, I don't want to scrape the paint off the entire wall obviously. I also don't want to rip off the drywall and rebuild the wall.
So my question is: Is there something I can do to be able to prime over the original paint job in a way that will hold and keep a smooth finish?
I.e. can I simply sand the wall, spackle lightly over the alligatored, and then do a high quality primer AND a self-priming paint?
We're going to be using Aura paint from Ben Moore. If you haven't used it, it's $50-60/gallon and is simply the highest quality paint for residential indoor purposes. Stuff is unbelievable when it comes to covering, self-leveling, etc.
Finishing a bedroom and one wall had alot of alligatoring on the paint. I was sanding it and spackling but one section was actually peeling off - so I peeled some off to see underneath. Kept on peeling and realized it was bare drywall underneath. So it's crappy paint on top of new drywall (for some reason).
Anyway, I don't want to scrape the paint off the entire wall obviously. I also don't want to rip off the drywall and rebuild the wall.
So my question is: Is there something I can do to be able to prime over the original paint job in a way that will hold and keep a smooth finish?
I.e. can I simply sand the wall, spackle lightly over the alligatored, and then do a high quality primer AND a self-priming paint?
We're going to be using Aura paint from Ben Moore. If you haven't used it, it's $50-60/gallon and is simply the highest quality paint for residential indoor purposes. Stuff is unbelievable when it comes to covering, self-leveling, etc.