My paint flakes and drywall tape is noticeable.?

My house was built in the 50's or 60's and I've recently tried to repaint our bedroom. Well the paint is flaky with bubbles and the tape is very noticeable. I know this is not a problem with the paint it's my wall. I was wondering if it's too old or too many layers of paint. Do I want to redo the sheet rock in the entire house or what because it's not only in the bedroom.My paint flakes and drywall tape is noticeable.?
Sounds like you used the wrong type of paint. Older homes usually have oil based paint and most of todays paints are latex or water based.. You should either try oil based paint Akylld paint or even try a primer first.. should help..My paint flakes and drywall tape is noticeable.?
well i wouldn't t worry about it much . just sand the walls . i prefer, some of those layered sanding disks and a grinder (4-1/2'; is fine ) with a little practice you will get all the loose stuff off and score the rest in no time. use a 50-50 water and masonry glue mix in a very light spray on the wall before mudding for a better bond, and with a lg (10-12 in ) dry wall blade you might like it smaller like 4-6 '; in the corners and apply a thin, even ,layer of your selected compound and once it dries,-- put as many layers as it takes to make it flat _(skim coat) and when it dries prime and paint like a new wall
I had the same problem in an old apt. I used to live in. Just as you thought, your problem is not from the kind of paint you used. It's just because the drywall has gotten old, and has soaked up too much moisture and/or paint over the years. Ours not only was showing the tape/seal areas badly, but it was also starting to shed layers like paper. We tried painting over it first, not knowing what it was, and that just made it worse, because the layers just soaked up more and more paint.





You could attempt to disguise the problem by covering these walls with wallpaper, but that is not a permanent solution. It just might buy you a couple of years. The other idea (what we did) is nail down the sections that are coming up with tiny carpenter nails. Take some spackle and apply it to all the nailheads to make them flush with the wall, and apply spackle to the areas where the tape seals are noticeable. Let it dry, then sand it down and repaint that area. However, again it is not a permanent solution, because eventually all the areas (not just the seals) are going to start breaking down. And trust me, this is a huge pain to do, and takes forever.





I used to think putting up drywall was a HUGE pain in the butt. Until I saw my friend do it, who literally built an extra wall in his house. It's so easy, or at least it looked easy, and he is not a construction guy. Since your walls are already up, would it be possible to just nail the new drywall sheets up over the old stuff? Probably not the best thing to do, but it'd save you some hassle. But I'd wager that even taking the stuff down is not that hard. And not knowing what the old drywall was made of back then, I'd be more prone to just replacing it.





If you want the whole enchilada, yeah, it sounds like you'll have to take down the old stuff and put up new everywhere.
Flakes and bubbles may be past or present moisture. Try to determine if it is still moist.


Assuming the wallboard is now dry, simply sand the problem areas, re-prime and paint using a quality paint.
Did you wash the walls before painting? This could be part of the problem. I think sanding the problem areas, remud where the tape shows and of couse sand, prime and paint.

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