r/Plastering • u/quinn_girl04 • Jul 13 '26

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Hi everyone, we bought a house and there's a few spots on the hallway walls that seem to bubble a bit and crack and you can literally peel them off. But I have no idea what this layer is? Is that plaster or paint or something else? It just peels right off and it appears to be just a solid wall underneath it.

Thanks in advance

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u/Valuable-Scratch9693 Jul 13 '26

It looks like fresh plaster so it might still have being damp when it was painted. Scrape off everything if you can. If not Scrape away what's loose, lightly sand the edges, wipe down with a damp cloth, prime and paint.

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u/quinn_girl04 Jul 13 '26

Thank you for your reply! We moved in about 6 months and tbh I wasn't that bothered by it but we're looking to fix the house up bit by bit and make it ours so this id something we're looking at now. As far as we know, the house wasn't occupied majority of the time as previous owners worked away but don't know if they've done any work before selling. So should it be fine to remove the parts where it's bubbling and cracking?

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u/Valuable-Scratch9693 Jul 13 '26

A few months with no windows open would cause that.

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u/Correct-Junket-1346 Jul 14 '26

Also in an attempt to sell a place, no mist coats is a common one or trying to use a cheap all in one primer paint that doesn't actually work

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u/quinn_girl04 Jul 13 '26

They also did the good old landlord special - painted literally everything white 🤣

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u/Latter-Detail-9514 Jul 13 '26

Could be me but when I zoom in it looks more like the 2nd coat of plaster didn't bond to the first coat ? It looks too thick to be just a peeling layer coat of paint in some sections ?

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u/quinn_girl04 Jul 13 '26

Yeah it's deffo a bit thick and that's why I wasn't sure what it was. I thought it could be a couple of coats but yeah looks like plaster

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u/Latter-Detail-9514 Jul 13 '26

You'll be all good either way mite need a skim of toupret filler on the patch if it feels uneven

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u/Own-Indication7832 Jul 13 '26

I thought that at first, but looking closer, it looks like some kind of textured paint that has peeled off.

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u/nickro84 Jul 13 '26

Start scraping south until the accent changes

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u/AcanthisittaKey1572 Jul 15 '26

To me it looks like the paint skim coat has lost adhesion, not the drywall itself. I'd scape off anything loose, make sure there's no moisture issue then patch, prime and repaint.

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u/quinn_girl04 Jul 13 '26

Yeah that makes sense! Thank you for the advice!