paint not sticking..??
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:05 pm
I have an issue in my daughters' room. Last February, we painted it hot pink and I noticed that at the bottom of the wall in some spots, the paint would just not adhere. It looks almost like someone took some bleach and splashed it on the wall. It even has "drip lines" in some spots.When we bought the place we primed the walls using an oil based primer and then painted them an offwhite / light beige color so I didn't notice if it was an issue then. I mentioned this to my mom after I painted the pink on and she thought she remembered having an issue with it but couldn't really remember since we did a lot of painting (all of the walls).
It hasn't really bothered me until now (I actually forgot about it). We are ripping up the carpet in there to put in laminate (carpet was starting to get cat pee stinky) and with all the furniture pulled out from walls it's driving me nuts since I don't know what it's from. I was doing some research on sealing cat pee smell at subfloor level and saw some pics of cat pee spray under a blacklight and it honestly resembled the spots on the walls. Since the paint I used was latex, did it react with some ammonia on the walls and not adhere? The two cats we have are both female, and both fixed and really doubt they could get pee up that high (meaning it had to have been there when we bought it... right?)
I still have lots of the pink paint and will likely reprime and repaint those areas. Will Kilz odorless oil based primer be ok over those spots?
I've done a lot of painting in my day and I've never had this issue before.
Edited to add: We have a 16x80 Liberty from either 94 or 98 (can't remember)
It hasn't really bothered me until now (I actually forgot about it). We are ripping up the carpet in there to put in laminate (carpet was starting to get cat pee stinky) and with all the furniture pulled out from walls it's driving me nuts since I don't know what it's from. I was doing some research on sealing cat pee smell at subfloor level and saw some pics of cat pee spray under a blacklight and it honestly resembled the spots on the walls. Since the paint I used was latex, did it react with some ammonia on the walls and not adhere? The two cats we have are both female, and both fixed and really doubt they could get pee up that high (meaning it had to have been there when we bought it... right?)
I still have lots of the pink paint and will likely reprime and repaint those areas. Will Kilz odorless oil based primer be ok over those spots?
I've done a lot of painting in my day and I've never had this issue before.
Edited to add: We have a 16x80 Liberty from either 94 or 98 (can't remember)