Bathroom painting disaster

crossvilla

I had paint peeling in my bathroom so decided to scrape it, sand it, prime it and have just put the first coat of paint on it. The roof looks like a map of the world as there's a load of craters left between the original paint and what I scraped off. I think I must have went too light on the sanding! Is there anything I can do to fix? Im not going to go scraping and sanding again!

Harry Palmr

How bad is it, one technique you might apply is stipple painting. On a ceiling it looks quite good as its above every light source.

http://homerenovations.about.com/od/painting/ss/stippletexture.htm

crossvilla

It's pretty bad, picture attached.

Harry Palmr

Yep I'd stipple it I have to say, there is only so long anyone arms can stand sanding a surface above your head. The good news is that the stipple layer can now go straight on top of that coat.

Example video on stipple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQrLTwEjE0

TheLastMohican

Get a plasterer to glue and reskim.

colm_mcm

Maybe have another go sanding it. I can't see any other solution being easier than sanding it properly.

dr.fuzzenstein

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Yep I'd stipple it I have to say, there is only so long anyone arms can stand sanding a surface above your head. The good news is that the stipple layer can now go straight on top of that coat.

Example video on stipple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQrLTwEjE0

Wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. Personally I think this is something that would have looked pretty smart in a council house in the 1980's.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Maybe have another go sanding it. I can't see any other solution being easier than sanding it properly.

That OP, all day long. It sucks, but unless you want that 80's budget home makeover poverty look, that's what you're looking at.
And remember, you'll be looking at it for a long time, so roll up the sleeves and do it again! You will be glad you did in the end.

thomasm

When painting the bathroom I put exterior paint on the walls. Much more durable than normal paint with condensation, splashes etc

colm_mcm

I used a rotary sander attachment for a drill to smooth one of the walls here, there were so many layers of paint with runs and holes filled in etc.

monkeynuz

Strangely enough I am in the middle of dealing with exactly the same problem.

What I did is to buy a random orbit sander and some very nice sanding mesh discs and sanded the ceiling until the loose paint was gone and the remaining sound paint was sanded very thin. I have now bonded the plaster and will start painting tomorrow.

I did spot a product in homebase last week that may help you, it was in the decorating section with the plaster primer etc. it is a polycell product (can't remember the name) but the idea is you roll this thin plaster on with the special roller and smooth off with the special squeegee I think the roller and squeegee are sold seperately, might be worth looking at though.

All the best.