Paneling, Green frog taped peeled paint??

[AidanGee93]

Hello People, looking for any advice...

Panelled my daughter's room then decorators caulked the gaps aswell as wood filled. I primed the Pine paneling and painted skirting satin brilliant white, then walls with a light shade pink Acrylic based paint. Then taped up panelling area and painted dark pink Acrylic paint again, gave it two coats then 20 mins after last coat pulled it and not to my delight, see pics... Looking for help as carpet needs fitted in 2 days, I could hand paint it tonight no issues but it's the tape that's definitely pulled paint off but would like to use it again or a diff sort...was green frog tape (which worked brilliantly against the white satin and lighter pink walls to skirting...

Cheers

Aidan

[Redbeard]

It looks like just inadequate adhesion/'keying' of the pink paint to the white under-layer (what is it?). Can I guess that you have maybe run the skirting paint (a top-coat) onto the wall? If this is the case then it's your reason; gloss (or satin or whatever) is a top coat and not designed to 'hold' another coat on top. Fine sandpaper, rough it up, preferably use an undercoat, then gloss/satin on top. (Alternatively I may have misunderstood the issue, in which case please tell me where I have 'mis-assumed' and correct me).

[AidanGee93]

29 minutes ago, Redbeard said:

It looks like just inadequate adhesion/'keying' of the pink paint to the white under-layer (what is it?). Can I guess that you have maybe run the skirting paint (a top-coat) onto the wall? If this is the case then it's your reason; gloss (or satin or whatever) is a top coat and not designed to 'hold' another coat on top. Fine sandpaper, rough it up, preferably use an undercoat, then gloss/satin on top. (Alternatively I may have misunderstood the issue, in which case please tell me where I have 'mis-assumed' and correct me).

Hi mate thanks for you're reply, do appreciate you!

Material is plasterboard onto wooden studs with brick work holding studs. Yes mate I've given the skirting the painting first and went a bit higher onto the walls just coz I wanted to seal the decorators caulk, makes sense what you are saying but it's peeled at the sides and the top too?... definitely didn't satin the sides or top.

It's strange coz when I pulled the tape off skirting in rest of the room the tape peeled nothing off and lighter shade pink stayed tact.

It honestly feels like if I peel that dark shade pink I could peel lots of it off in one go.

Like you say rough it up with sand paper and prime it, I have primer I was suggested to use for the pine panelling could I use that over the damaged parts? Or I have Zinnser BIN?

Reckon once sanded and primed (if you still think that's the way) it would still be good to frog tape for that crisp line...heard yellow colour is low tack so could use this?

If it makes any difference I pulled the other green frog tape from skirting after wall paint next day so completely dry...worked great, paneling area I pulled only 20 mins after second coat but was fairly dryish 

[AidanGee93]

Also mate, thought to say, only think I'm thinking is I gave it a generous doze of decorators caulk...thinking that's what's Mabey pulled? Just weird coz it didn't pull on the skirting with other paint.

Anyway if I sanded the patches would it be okay assuming it's some cured caulk? Then filled with zinsser BIn or that primer I got for the pine wood panelling? Like I say above still love to use the frog tape Mabey go for yellow this time round? Hopefully you see this mate, cheers 

[Redbeard]

I wondered if maybe you'd got too much caulk. That won't rough up without looking like it's been attacked by a magpie. I cannot explain why the top and sides peeled. You mention plasterboard. Was it joint-filled and then paint straight on the plasterboard? That should adhere OK, but if it was skimmed it could have been over -'polished' - again, potential poor adhesion. Come to think of it, if it is just joint-filled, that may account for your top and sides if the joint filler was over-trowelled. Have to say I have never had adhesion probs on tape and fill pl'bd.

 

I have no idea bout the colours of masking tape I'm afraid - all a bit hi-tech for me! It was (and is) all buff for me!

 

[Gone West]

19 hours ago, AidanGee93 said:

was green frog tape

I've only ever used yellow Frog Tape for your situation, and it's very gentle, not had any problems.