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Posted by KLS on September 23, 2007, 4:05 pm
wrote:
>peter wrote:
>> I've just given an inside wall two coats of paint. Now that the
>> paint has dried I've noticed that close up the wall is
>> criss-crossed with tiny, tiny mosiac like cracks. The wall hadn't
>> been plastered so there was no chance of movement. However, the
>> time between the first and second coat was the minimum recommended
>> (2 hours) - could this be the reason?
>
>Are you sure they are cracks and not tiny raised areas like wrinkles?
>If the first coat continued to dry after the second coat was surface
>dry the first coat could shrink and cause the second coat to
>reticulate.
If they're cracks as if the wall has alligatored, that first coat
wasn't dry enough when you applied the second. I had this happen to
me, and the day I painted was kind of humid. In that situation, I'd
just try repainting a third coat and hope for the best.
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