hi guystotal diy newbie here.i am in the process of scraping the paint from a wall which was all flakey on the left side. with the idea to remove the paint, fill in any cracks/holes with filler, sand down, then prime, then paint.would it be possible to just strip the flaking half, then prime & paint the whole wall? i'm guessing you might say it would look really uneven. is there another step in the process i can do to prevent this, or do i really just have to scrape the paint from the whole wall, even though there are no imperfections on the right?e.g. what if i did an extra coat of emulsion on the side or something?see pic here: https://ift.tt/2TMOCr7 reason i ask is that there is no paint flaking away on the right hand side, and i can tell it would be a real slog to scrape it away. i also noticed that the material behind the paint (plaster?) is different for each third of the wall, if that makes a difference.the window being there would make any minor imperfection less visible. but let me know if i'm totally off track here. if its a simple answer of 'dont be lazy, do it properly' i won't put up a fight. if this is the case, please let me know if there's an easier way to get rid of the paint on the right than manually scraping it.thanks!EDIT**thank you all for the responses so far and for alerting me to the potential gravity of the water/moisture situation.window from the outside: https://ift.tt/2WCWyNm i be concerned by the green, damp strip that runs all the way down, on the right side of the window from this view? that would correspond with the damp patch in the first picture. via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2I83LB2
