Hello to all,
What should I do now? I pulled off the blue tape in a bath and it not only pulled off the paint but also the primer. The plaster had cured prior to priming but I do not recall sanding the plaster prior to priming. The paint and primer are both Latex, bin’s zinzer and behr.
I now have a jagged edge and would like to know what the best way is to handle this problem as I know that I will have to paint it all again. The tape was on too long and I realize that, but even areas that have beed painted long ago and have had tape put on recently seem to be pulling off the paint.
Thanks all for the help, KaiserRoo
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bad news....
suspect the paint...
it didn't react with the primer well....
the paint also prvents you having a solid base and there is a good chance for additional failures in the future....
you may have to SW or BM or the cures and products for completion...
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New plaster? 30-day cure required before painting. If this was old plaster, was it bare? Lots of old plaster was painted with calcimine and other paints incompatible with recoating.
Blue tape pulls new paint off - period. Don't use it. Old paint - no, if not left on very long.
You might want to consider using a bonding primer like this one -
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/painting_techniques/how_to_paint/interior/prepare/prepare_surface/index.jsp which is especially formulated for slick surfaces.
Jeff
Edited 6/25/2008 10:51 am ET by Jeff_Clarke
Even Zinsser recommends 1-2-3 over B-I-N and personally, I would have used one of the Sherwin-Willliams primers.
Note the prep instructions re: vinegar to reduce alkalinity and powdering -
- Treated with a solution of one pint household vinegar in one gallon of water.
- Repeat the treatment until the surface is hard.
- Rinse with plain water.
- Let dry and apply PrepRite Primer.
Jeff
Edited 6/25/2008 10:59 am ET by Jeff_Clarke
As far as the ragged edge use vinyl spacke to fill in the areas and sand.
And you might want to get some 3M blue tape FOR SENSITIVE SURFACES. It has orange on the paper core. And it is fairly expensive compared to the ordinary blue tape. SW has it and I think that Lowes does also.
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then stay away from Behr-ly covers paint
I hate blue tape. Guy I work with often uses it (I don't use it, don't need tape, but he puts it up before I start painting, even though I've told him many times that I don't need it--he has seen that I don't need it; guess he thinks he's helping me) and last time he did, he used in on wallpaper border. When he took it off it tore the heck out of the paper, so he got paint made to match the paper and I painted the little places where the paper was damaged.
Like someone else posted, vinyl spackle and sanding may fill in the torn paint. Am surprised it took the primer too--guess that means your top coat bonded well with the primer, but your primer may not have bonded to the plaster.