Bathroom Ceiling Paint Bubbling And Peeling

Immediately the bathroom ceiling paint started peeling and now the hallway as well in large bubbling chunks.

Bathroom ceiling paint bubbling and peeling.

We used latex primer paint as was most likely used before. But there are reasons why paint especially that on a ceiling keeps flaking off in a home of any age. If the humidity levels in your bathroom are high enough to cause the ceiling paint to bubble then the humidity also may lead to mold growing on various surfaces in your bathroom including the ceiling and the grout between the tiles. Bubbling or blistering in newly applied paint is often an indication of a problem with the bond between the new coating and the wall or ceiling surface.

Then using a putty knife wire brush or paint scraper carefully remove all the chipped or peeling paint from the walls and ceiling. It s important to work carefully though if you don t want your paint to peel. Repairing peeling paint on your bathroom walls and ceiling can be a time consuming process but it isn t difficult. It may also be a case of the old paint bubbling up as it gets wet revealing a bonding problem in the original coating.

You might think that peeling ceiling paint is simply an old house problem. Recently moved into a home we were told was stripped to the studs and remodelled. Bubbling is usually a problem with latex paints more than with alkyd or oil. After priming the exterior facing wall in the 1970s apartment we just moved into we noticed that the paint seemed to be bubbling peeling along the top edge as if all the old layers of paint were loose from the concrete base.

The painting surface or surroundings were moist.