Alligatoring?
Hello, please help.
This is my laundry room - drywall with 3 coats of paint. All paints are latex (based on testing with rubbing alcohol) - yellow layer was maybe an eggshell, the brown appeared flat, the white is leftover flat ceiling paint (Sherwin Williams Painters Edge Plus in Extra White).
Prior to painting the white layer I scraped anything loose and spackled with the pink DAP stuff on nail holes and such (dried overnight) and sanded with a manual pole sander and by hand with sandpaper. The wall felt relatively smooth, especially in these spots. With eyes closed I could not feel a difference between the surrounding wall and where this cracking/peeling had been. That said, it was not perfectly smooth and I planned to use a thicker roller to compensate.
I applied a fairly heavy coat of the paint but the only place this texture is happening is where it was originally so I don’t think it’s (just) from too much paint.
I’ve sunk too much time into this project to want to cut corners now. The thought of aggressively sanding the wall again makes me want to cry. At least I used leftover paint and not fancy pretty stuff I guess. What do I do now?
I was thinking sand, actual primer (not flat paint), thorough drying and then pretty paint.
Some “washable marker” bled through this also so I grabbed spray Kilz to cover over that. Will it work for this stuff or is there something else? Please god don’t say I have to prime over primer too. I will but I’ll cry first.
Thanks for all your help!