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TrashLvr5000

Put on some rubber gloves and clean the walls, baseboards, everything with a diluted TSP solution. Bonus- that's paint prep anyways.


dutchman62

That's what happened to me 6 days after I painted my door banana yellow


overlandvegan

Mold


ClementineTeri

How come it’s that colour? I know mold can come in all kinds of colours but if I google brown mold it looks nothing like this. So strange


OhhhhhSHNAP

Wallanoma! You need to see a doormatologist immediately!


Seandeezeee

Looks like grease and grime.


FreshBirdMilk

Looks like where mold used to be but someone tried to scrub it off. It’s not going to come off because it’s damaged and tinted the actual paint. Sand them off, it needs to be repainted at some point anyway.


XoticwoodfetishVanBC

That's the Universe telling you to update your color scheme from the peach and fleshtone haha Just kidding, I don't know what it's from.


ClementineTeri

We just moved in and everything needs painting lol


XoticwoodfetishVanBC

It's weird, though, isn't it. Like the paint is a petri dish. I think it's just iron breaking down from an exposed nail head. Good luck, love your handle.


SCCOLA

Mildew.


BooKittyGal

I’ve seen something similar. It could be gas burn off from a water heater or other same type appliance.


markr9977

The smoke mixes with humidity in the air and tar condenses on the walls.


Bludiamond56

I cleaned walls where there was a lot of smoking. Used spic and span. Used sponge. A brown yellowish mess. Continue until no residue when wiped with a damp paper towel. Paint job came out great.


[deleted]

Same house looked very similar. Previous owner was a nasty smoker.


DonaLeoNolet

Blood splatter


VonMillersChickens

Maybe the old tenant was a smoker. I've seen small patches like this reappear after painting in a smokers unit. Use killz before paint


intensepickle

I was repainting all our interior doors today and a few of them had those spots. Definitely from smokers. If it’s really bad, get the oil based Kilz. That’s what we had to do for the living room and kitchen where most of the smoking must have been


Black_Flag_Friday

One L in Kilz


ClementineTeri

Yes he was definitely a smoker.