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Our kitchen is being remodeled and we are doing the painting ourselves. I primed the ceiling with ‘raw drywall’ primer (even though part of it was not raw drywall), then we put a coat of latex ceiling paint (sold as such) on. We did this in artificial light and it looked fine. The next day, our contractor noticed several blisters. He kindly fixed them for us, and this weekend we proceeded to put the second coat on. As we had daylight this time, we noticed the blisters come back as we were painting.
We have done plenty of interior painting but I have never seen this. Can anybody shed any light on why this happens? The paint brand is the same as what we always use (which is HD’s Behr, never had any problem with it before), the temperature didn’t seem overly warm or. We were deflating the blisters with a pin and fixing them as we went along and it all looks decent now, but I’m puzzled as to what causes this.
Any insight appreciated!
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Where are the blisters? Are they over taped/spackled areas?
Is the mud dry, I mean really dry?
You can sometimes get funky looking bubbles from backrolling over paint that is starting to skin over.
I've only used Behr once, didn't like it that much, but I think it was a subjective thing. My brother uses it fairly regularly.
*Hi David, there didn't seem to be a pattern on the blisters at all (that I could detect anyway). And I know the mud was definitely dry the first time it happened, or I imagine it would have happened when I primed it. When it happened again, it seemed to happen at the exact seem spots, but I'm not entirely sure.I use Behr all the time and have never had any problem with it. Never used this 'ceiling paint' flavor though.
*Tessa,It's not the paint. near the stream,aj
*Thanks AJ, that was helpful... :)
*Tessa,You say you used a raw drywall primer on areas that were not bare drywall.Is any of the blistering happening on the previously painted surfaces? Is ALL of it on the new, bare drywall?Sometimes, when applying ceiling paint, we have a tendency to apply the paint a little too thick. This will cause bubbles like that. So will improperly prepped surfaces (such as drywall primer on previously painted surfaces).James DuHamel
*Very true.
*James, I think you're right in that the drywall primer may be the culprit. The ceiling was partially replaced (with new drywall) and partially retained (previously painted) and I primed the whole thing. Probably should only have primed the new parts and left the rest alone til the first coat of paint. I can't say for sure, but I think the bubbles were all on the previously painted area. Thanks!
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Our kitchen is being remodeled and we are doing the painting ourselves. I primed the ceiling with 'raw drywall' primer (even though part of it was not raw drywall), then we put a coat of latex ceiling paint (sold as such) on. We did this in artificial light and it looked fine. The next day, our contractor noticed several blisters. He kindly fixed them for us, and this weekend we proceeded to put the second coat on. As we had daylight this time, we noticed the blisters come back as we were painting.
We have done plenty of interior painting but I have never seen this. Can anybody shed any light on why this happens? The paint brand is the same as what we always use (which is HD's Behr, never had any problem with it before), the temperature didn't seem overly warm or. We were deflating the blisters with a pin and fixing them as we went along and it all looks decent now, but I'm puzzled as to what causes this.
Any insight appreciated!