paint running down wall like water! Help!

zipee

So bought an old house recently and am painting now.. It didn't seem damp at all as a house and survey came up grand. But it was built in 1950's and detatched and absolutely no wall insulation. The existing paintwork was all fine. But typical woman I wanted color change :rolleyes:

So painting my room and now wall is wet and paint running down it. I tried putting heating on but still running. What do I do? Why is it happening? I intend to insulate when I get the cash but not now.

Any advice??

Edited to add: It is mid sheen emulsion.

slimjimmc

Leave the heat on to keep the room warm then either open the windows for ventilation or, better again, get a de-humidifier. Emulsion paint is mostly water and the air can only absorb so much so if your ventilation is poor drying will be slow. It should also help with any condensation on the cold wall.

Busted Flat.

Is the paint a known brand or bought outside a main outlet.

zipee

slimjimmc wrote: »

Leave the heat on to keep the room warm then either open the windows for ventilation or, better again, get a de-humidifier. Emulsion paint is mostly water and the air can only absorb so much so if your ventilation is poor drying will be slow. It should also help with any condensation on the cold wall.

Thanks for reply. Will try all that. Does it mean the room is damp??

zipee

Busted Flat. wrote: »

Is the paint a known brand or bought outside a main outlet.

Crown! Happening with 2 separate colors...........

slimjimmc

zipee wrote: »

Thanks for reply. Will try all that. Does it mean the room is damp??

Not necessarily, it could simply be that with the poor drying the extra moisture lingering in the air might result in condensation on the uninsulated (presumably cold) wall and it is this that is causing paint runs. It's only a guess though.

topcatcbr

The walls could have been painted with a gloss or oil based paint. This may have been done to combat mold growth.

If this is the case applying an emulsion over it won't work.

zipee

topcatcbr wrote: »

The walls could have been painted with a gloss or oil based paint. This may have been done to combat mold growth.

If this is the case applying an emulsion over it won't work.

well previous paint top coat was emulsion. It is happening on the two external walls at the bottom and at its worst where the 2 walls meet.

Shallaboo

zipee wrote: »

well previous paint top coat was emulsion. It is happening on the two external walls at the bottom and at its worst where the 2 walls meet.

We are having the same problem in our house - just at the lower section of wall where the two external walls meet.

We are trying to paint the room but it just drips off the wall in this section.

The wall's were previously covered in aeroboard and wallpaperd over but we have gutted the room and brought it back to just plain wall - we used warmcoat on the wall first but this too just dripped off the wall in that section.
There are no signs of damp in the room.

Any ideas on how to combat this problem??

zipee

Shallaboo wrote: »

We are having the same problem in our house - just at the lower section of wall where the two external walls meet.

We are trying to paint the room but it just drips off the wall in this section.

The wall's were previously covered in aeroboard and wallpaperd over but we have gutted the room and brought it back to just plain wall - we used warmcoat on the wall first but this too just dripped off the wall in that section.
There are no signs of damp in the room.

Any ideas on how to combat this problem??

Well what worked for me in the end was 2 electric fan heaters (like glorified hair dryers). I just kept them on full blast, aiming them at problem spots & moved them every 20 mins. It all dried perfect. But I think painting late in evening didn't help problem. I put last cost on at 11am & it seemed to dry better.

The wall is not wet at all since paint dried.

Nice to know I am not almond though

2 stroke

zipee, I suspect that the wall was too cold to take paint, read the paint tin for minimum temperature. Ventilation is also important, especially if you have had building work done recently, as concrete and plaster will still be curing.

I once saw it raining inside a house, paint and hardwall was dripping from the ceiling. Householder was using electric heaters to try to dry the paint, without opening the windows. A concrete floor had been poured in the room only 2 weeks previously.

zipee

2 stroke wrote: »

zipee, I suspect that the wall was too cold to take paint, read the paint tin for minimum temperature. Ventilation is also important, especially if you have had building work done recently, as concrete and plaster will still be curing.

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I suspect you are right. There was definitely too much moisture in the room. Clothes in wardrobe were all damp that night too. But it all seems good again now :rolleyes: I did alternate electric heaters and opening windows to dry it up.

Thanks for all replies.