Page 2 | Can anyone tell me what has happened to my newly (professionally) painted walls?

OneFunnyLion · 27/11/2025 22:07

If I was paying a professional I’d expect them to know this

Lalaland1956 · 27/11/2025 22:06

We had this happen and it was because we didn’t get all the wallpaper paste off the wall. So we had to sand it down and start again.

OneFunnyLion · 27/11/2025 22:05

This happened to me years ago . Painted Matt over silk and when dry it “crazed” like this. Had to sand all walls down and repaint. It was fine after that but felt like nightmare at the time

Lamentingalways · 27/11/2025 22:02

Straightjacketsandroses · 26/11/2025 20:05

This is why I never ever ever pay straight away - always a day or so later to give me time to check for problems

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How do you get away with that? I’ve never met a tradie that didn’t expect you to pay upon completion. What do you say?

WhatMe123 · 27/11/2025 22:00

That's the consequence of panting Matt over silk. It doesn't stick. They should have primed all the walls first so it'll all have to be sanded back and re done

Conniebygaslight · 27/11/2025 21:58

You can’t paint Matt over silk without a primer I don’t think.?

Changename12 · 27/11/2025 21:03

Wallpaper paste needs to be really really well scrubbed off the walls and then the walls sealed before paining. I had this problem when we moved into our house.

Picklelily99 · 27/11/2025 20:55

Genuine question; if you despise vinyl silk that much, why did you choose to decorate with it? I didn't think anyone still used it.

ItsameLuigi · 27/11/2025 20:47

BettysRoasties · 26/11/2025 20:09

You’ve just unlocked a memory. We actually did that in a old house it did not got as bad as this as we did a very hard sugar scrub but kept
wondering why kept finding cracks and kept basically adding more and more layers of paint 🫣 about 10 years ago now.

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This thread omg I had no idea there were all these rules for painting to go well 😵 I just did my bathroom and kids rooms, first ever time painting and thankfully it's went well but omg I absolutely could have done this without knowing 😅 thank you all for the information!

CocksBolingey · 27/11/2025 19:46

Looks like the mist coat has been missed!

Floatingdownriver · 27/11/2025 19:45

Coat two has been down before coat one has fully cured.

Mydogisblackandwhite · 27/11/2025 19:43

We had this in our old house, old walls no new plaster and it turned out to fault in the paint. Showed pictures to b&q and got our money back (we painted it ourselves tho)

ThistleTits · 27/11/2025 19:15

You have to rub down the silk emulsion before using matt.

Happyher · 27/11/2025 19:13

Was the wall damp at all. Something similar happened on my bathroom wall but only on the bits where I’d put filler and I assumed it hadn’t dried properly

taxguru · 27/11/2025 18:56

Sandcaaarstle · 26/11/2025 20:03

One wall was wallpapered which they removed. All four walls had silk emulsion paint on it. I heard them sanding it down but I don’t know exactly what products they used. Definitely wasn’t painted onto bare plaster. Surely they’ll have to come back and fix it? Have just sent photos and awaiting response. I’m devastated. I saved up for months 🙁

Yes, they have to come back and fix it. That's NOT a professional job and I'd not be paying a penny for it!

Bippertyboo2 · 27/11/2025 18:55

DH is a painter and decorator and he says they've put too much paint on too quickly and because it's cold it hasn't dried between coats. He suggests you get them back, they rub it down thoroughly and start again.

HardyCrow · 27/11/2025 18:40

Was it painted onto artex or anaglypta- ie a textured wall wallpaper?

Hereforthecommentz · 27/11/2025 18:40

The reason people use silk it's it's much easier to clean. If you have kids having silk walls is much better than matt. Any grubby marks can be wiped off easily.

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 27/11/2025 18:36

It's a reaction against the previous paint. Needed a barrier to stop the reaction, so a product to stop the cracking

hcee19 · 27/11/2025 18:19

Your plaster isn't dried out. When paint cracks like that, there is damp coming from the new plaster. As another op mentioned, you need lining paper and paint on top of that. Feel sorry for you, a reasonable job has now turned into a problem. Good luck

ForNoisyCat · 27/11/2025 18:17

Sandcaaarstle · 26/11/2025 20:03

One wall was wallpapered which they removed. All four walls had silk emulsion paint on it. I heard them sanding it down but I don’t know exactly what products they used. Definitely wasn’t painted onto bare plaster. Surely they’ll have to come back and fix it? Have just sent photos and awaiting response. I’m devastated. I saved up for months 🙁

They have to have to have the opportunity to rectify their mistake, but take advice from Citizens Advice or Martin Lewis on what to do beyond that, e.g. if they won't come back or if they are unable to produce a good standard of work for you. If you haven't already, do not pay them yet.

Newname71 · 27/11/2025 18:14

FancyLimePoet · 26/11/2025 20:20

This exact thing happened to us. It was a wall with wallpaper on it previously. Your lucky your painter is coming back, my painter told me to have a go myself since I did such a good job upstairs 😳

It’s happened to me too. I wallpapered the bathroom then decided I didn’t like it. I obviously didn’t get all the paste off before I painted it. 🙄😱

SaltyDragon · 27/11/2025 18:08

I had a similar thing happen with using silk in my son's bedroom. It turned out that the problem was to do with the humidity in the room. Somehow the damp was settling on the paint and then being absorbed which then caused ripples and cracks in it.

HandmadeNanna · 27/11/2025 18:03

Sandcaaarstle · 26/11/2025 19:58

Just had my lounge painted. It was silk emulsion and I didn’t fancy panting it myself with Matt emulsion. I’ve come home from work today (it was finished yesterday afternoon) and looks like this. What do I do now?
I’ve attached photos but might not upload for a while.

Just showed DH. It has been painted on a greasy wall or on a chalky paint underneath. The wall should have been cleaned and any breaks in plaster filled and sanded, special tape over joins, if on plasterboard. In worst case good quality lining paper should have been used. You need to get decorators back to remedy this ASAP.

Lilywc · 27/11/2025 18:03

They should have sanded the walls slightly before painting Matt on top of silk!
it’s not adhering to the other paint. Get the painters back to sort it xx