Help with painting!!!?

Question

So, we had our entire bathroom completely remodeled, including new drywall and backerboard throughout. I put 2 coats of Kilz2 primer on the walls and let them dry about 3-4 days. To start painting with our desired colors I decided to do the ceiling first so I taped the walls where they abut the ceiling with the green frog painters tape that's supposed to stop paint runs. I painted the ceiling and it came out fine... 2 days later when I went to remove the tape from the walls it pulled out strips of the primer under the tape! I now have lots of primer missing along the walls... it is bare.. right to the new drywall. I can continue peeling the primer off If I wanted.

As it is likely going to be to difficult to remove ALL primer in the bathroom what can I do to ensure a smooth finish? Should I try to sand the areas where the primer meets the area where the primer is pulled off and re-prime or should I just put primer in the areas where it has peeled to try to get it to the same thickness as the rest of the wall?

I am clueless.. please help!

Answer 1

this happen because the ceiling paint was still fresh when you removed the tape, I only use green tape around window frames etc.., the only way to fix this would be to get a small angled brush even the sponge ones to repaint all around where the paint as come off, no one will go an inspect if you have the proper thickness on the ceiling , and when you have painted the walls ,no one will come and measure it either ,unless they are a professional painter themselves. When I paint the ceiling I have harmed myself with a tool that I would never part with I will try to find it for you on line so keep looking at my answers ,I will be right back...

Okay  here it is ,it's a paint edger http://images.lowes.com/product/022384/0...

If you pulled off a thick layer then it will show if you just paint on top of it, so to repair this apply a thin layer of polyfill and sand it with a fine sand paper prime and repaint .

Answer 2

I had the same problem. Ugh!

I sanded it down where the primer was peeling, then reprimed it once, sanded it again, and reprimed it again. It looked fine! Next time use an edger. That was my lesson learned! :)

Answer 3

Maybe you should be compound your wall 1st before paint http://www.asesidea.com/tips_and_tricks....

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