You may think that once you paint a concrete wall the paint can never be removed again.
How do you temove paint from a concrete block wall.
Prepare a solution of soap and water or better yet diluted trisodium.
Apply an even coat with a wide paintbrush.
Make sure you measure the height and length of each wall and add the areas of each wall to find the total that you ll be painting before you go to the store.
Get a good scraper some sand paper and a wire brush or a grinder depending how much paint you want to take off.
Then ask the sales associate for a recommendation on the amount of paint you should purchase based on the area.
Paint the entire wall with a thin coat of a concrete sealer or concrete primer.
Removing old paint off basement walls is a time consuming effort.
Basement walls present a challenge because the cement walls are porous and this makes paint removal difficult.
I would suggest you get a two part epoxy and go over whats there.
The mortar still looks wet where the wall has been core filled.
If you want to go back to concrete get you lots of paint stripper nasty expensive job.
Remove all the loose paint and clean it with 50 50 bleach water.
The procedure for stripping cinder block and masonry walls is virtually the same as that for stripping paint from any material at the beginning of the job but because cinder block is so porous the end of the job the part where you remove the paint residue can be difficult.
This is one option.
When you set out to remove paint from concrete the first thing to do is clean the surface of the concrete thoroughly.
We repaired an outside wall and are anxious to put the house back together before school starts as it is a bedroom.
The temptation is to scrape all the loose paint off and then repaint the walls.
Do you need to wait to paint a cinder block wall that has been core filled every 4 feet.