# why are the walls in my family's house bleding brown ? (no ... seriously ...) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 13, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841 "2007-06-13T15:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/1 "2007-06-13T15:48:52Z")
last spring the upstairs got a new coat of paint, new paint over old paint, nothing special in between last summer, one section of the hallway started to “bleed” across the top of the wall, looked like someone threw some pepsi on the wall shit washed of, didnt leave any stains this week, the ENTIRE upstairs hallway bled its the stuff starts out light nearest the topof the wall,and gets heavier and heavier untill the point where you see it starting to run i also just checked the backside of the stairway ceiling, its dry andrelativly clean ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/2 "2007-06-13T15:50:56Z")
it depends… have you been walking bare foot through public restrooms lately by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/3 "2007-06-13T15:56:07Z")
^^^ no,ionly walk barefoot in whore houses and south buffalo streets ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/4 "2007-06-13T15:56:36Z")
I’d say its probably heat and humidity related. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/5 "2007-06-13T15:59:38Z")
[quote=“Jagermeister,post:4,topic:30841"”] I’d say its probably heat and humidity related. [/quote] x2 that shits fuckin wierd tho. call a priest ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/6 "2007-06-13T15:59:53Z")
bad mix of paint ? both the white and the blue are doing it, the red that was done in my sisters old room isnt doing it, and that was the same kind of paint done at the same general time no idea what kind / brand of paint it was tho, none was left over so theres no paint can to check anymore … ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/7 "2007-06-13T16:02:37Z")
smoking + humidity? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/8 "2007-06-13T16:05:03Z")
[quote=“Jon,post:7,topic:30841"”] smoking + humidity? [/quote] happened within a few weeks of being painted originaly, and none mokes upstairs. if that was the case, the walls in my roomwould have the same thing (my room has a vent that leads from above the fireplace, which channels downstairs crap into my room) ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/9 "2007-06-13T16:15:54Z")
i bet there is a dead 9 year old korean girl behind the wall decomposing slowly. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/10 "2007-06-13T16:17:36Z")
^^ 15, an shes white but shes lower down and farther to the right …so shes not the problem ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/11 "2007-06-13T16:19:15Z")
damnit i knew i was close ---
**Author:** ![SVT3945](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/svt3945/32/7409_2.png) [@SVT3945](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SVT3945)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/12 "2007-06-13T16:41:59Z")
Id be willing to bet it is some form of mold. I have the same thing happening in my bathroom on the ceiling because my wife and 7 year old son take super hot showers and the humidity level is more then the exhaust fan can exhaust. My plan is to cut out the ceiling dry wall and add largest cfm fan i can buy and then replace the drywall. I suggest you have someone take a look at your problem so no one in your house gets sick. ---
**Author:** ![copperlegend](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copperlegend/32/7445_2.png) [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/13 "2007-06-13T16:45:44Z")
maybe it’s this? > _ **Surfactant leaching,** _: surfactants are chemicals added to paints to improve paint flow and or to aid in formation of an emulsion. As I stated above at “incompatible paints”, surfactant leaching can occur, for example, if there is an incompatibility between the primer coat and the finish coat. Paint chemists formulate primers and topcoats to work together as a tested and proven paint coating system. it’s better explained here: [http://www.lakesidelumber.com/resources/maintenance.htm#surfactant](http://www.lakesidelumber.com/resources/maintenance.htm#surfactant) ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/14 "2007-06-13T16:45:50Z")
i had the same problem at my old apartment. Because of the guy that use to live there who smoked all the time no matter what we painted or did to the walls when it came to the humidty the walls bled brown. Dry wall actually absorbed the tar and no matter how many times you paint it, it will still bled out of the drywall. Even if you dont smoke up stairs or whatever over time the build of small amounts of smoke will still be absorbed into the drywall. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/15 "2007-06-13T17:00:18Z")
^^^^ so why did this just start now ? my family has been in this house for 25 years and all the sudden the walls start to piss out all their built up dirt ? the problem has to be the paint, not the walls ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/16 "2007-06-13T17:21:15Z")
Burn the place down :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/17 "2007-06-13T17:22:59Z")
[quote=“Jagermeister,post:4,topic:30841"”] I’d say its probably heat and humidity related. [/quote] probably smokers? the tar is dripping from the heat? ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/18 "2007-06-13T17:32:23Z")
that is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen ---
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/19 "2007-06-13T17:44:38Z")
leaking roof I’m willing to bet a 6-pack it’s rained between the time you painted and when this occurred. better get that fixed ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841/20 "2007-06-13T18:00:47Z")
[quote=“Schema,post:19,topic:30841"”] leaking roof I’m willing to bet a 6-pack it’s rained between the time you painted and when this occurred. better get that fixed [/quote] again, i checked the area above the stairway ceiling, its spotless except forsome dust bunnies … this statement includes a total lack of water stains and the roof is a 8 year old total tear of job, all new tar paper, 30 year shingles, and the bare sheeting hardly even leaked when we had a freak spring snowstorm while the shingles were off [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-the-walls-in-my-familys-house-bleding-brown-no-seriously/30841.md?page=2)