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A year ago I primed a newly installed drywall ceiling with Ben Moore alkyd primer and last week patched and primed it and the new walls with Ben Moore “First Coat” primer and enamal underbody. A week later painted ceiling with Ben Moore latex ceiling paint and paint blisters while I’m painting. Blister have no water behind them and paint and primer can be peeled off. Not every where just in certain places. I peeled and scraped paint and patched with drywall compound. Some more paint blisters. It was a humid day, was that the cause? Also, how do I fix this? It is a bathroom and I afraid that it will peel in the future.
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I get blisters from painting also.
Mostly because they don't make paint brushes in my size.
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Michael,
What happened in the year between the initial priming and the subsequent priming and painting? Immediate blistering is usually from lack of adhesion, and can be attributed to oils, dirt, fumes, etc. on the painted surface. Are you saying that the blisters also occurred over the new drywall compound patches?
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During the year the bathroom was in use. It is the only full bath in the house. The blisters only occurred on the existing ceiling.
I'm beginning to think that something might have been splattered on the ceiling and did not leave any visible residue. (Being that the bathroom was being used for a year and four people use it daily.) I have come to this conclusion because the blisters were only happening in specific areas. I sanded the the ceiling, but did not wash it before I reprimed it.
I have gotten past this problem by scrapping, patching and priming with the Zinsser White Pigmented Schellac (oil based).
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A year ago I primed a newly installed drywall ceiling with Ben Moore alkyd primer and last week patched and primed it and the new walls with Ben Moore "First Coat" primer and enamal underbody. A week later painted ceiling with Ben Moore latex ceiling paint and paint blisters while I'm painting. Blister have no water behind them and paint and primer can be peeled off. Not every where just in certain places. I peeled and scraped paint and patched with drywall compound. Some more paint blisters. It was a humid day, was that the cause? Also, how do I fix this? It is a bathroom and I afraid that it will peel in the future.
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Could be improper prep before first coat. Sheetrock dust left on wall. new paint is just showing up old problem.