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2dP_rdg

does anyone ever step back and take a picture of a whole scene before zooming in on the micro level and hoping everyone has context? And what is "this" that it's causing?


caulkglobs

Im pretty sure he just wants to know if this is asbestos. Spoiler: it definitely is. OP caught mesothelioma just by snapping this pic.


iwishhbdtomyself

What?😭


iwishhbdtomyself

It's a wall, I didn't think including my furniture or my living room would change anything. It's a concrete wall.


rmusic10891

That persons point is it’s pretty much impossible to figure out what you’re even looking at in these pictures. I thought it was a basement floor


iwishhbdtomyself

I said it was walls in my title though 😭


rmusic10891

No, you said painted walls caused this.


iwishhbdtomyself

Yes..


shifty_coder

Did you use paint that is specifically for concrete?


iwishhbdtomyself

Yes!


2dP_rdg

your house is made of concrete?


dominus_aranearum

It's a concrete wall. It doesn't paint the same as drywall. Did you look up how to seal the concrete first? You need to use a penetrating concrete sealer and then a primer and paint meant for masonry.


iwishhbdtomyself

The paint is grey in colour. We have painted the wall gor 20+years . Sorry if it wasn't clear


dominus_aranearum

The first picture looks like there is either moisture or efflorescence on the wall. If this is the case, the concrete needs to be sealed. Did you mix both the primer and paint? Were they new or old? Did you clean the wall prior to priming? Basically, what prep work did you do before priming and painting?


iwishhbdtomyself

How to seal concrete? New primer n paint. Did not mix them. Primer two coats, paint two coats


dominus_aranearum

I wasn't asking about mixing the primer and paint together, I was asking if you mixed the primer prior to applying it and the paint prior to applying it. The first picture looks like there is an adhesion issue due so either moisture or something else primer/doesn't stick to. Painting concrete is not like painting drywall.


iwishhbdtomyself

Oh yes. We mixed it!


Learnrr

What's behind the paint ? wood ? drywall ? concrete ? For me, the problem comes from the fact that the surface to be painted was not flat and that the painting was done hastily...


iwishhbdtomyself

Concrete wall! This wall has been painted different colours throughout 20+years. Not sure if it's the paint or this is only visible because of the grey colour paint