Hi, this my first post. I have read many posts here over the past few years. I can typically get enough info to get things done, but I'm in special need for direction on this job. I'll provide as much information as possible. I've been hired by a residential facility to do painting. Some of that painting includes about 10 interior steel doors and their steel door frames. There are about 20 doors in all and 10 of those doors are an excellent paint job and the paint is strongly and flawlessly adhered to the door. I don't know if they changed painters and paint techniques halfway through or what, but one of the administrators to this facility had hired his daughter to paint the remaining doors (the 10 I'm to paint.) She had primed the doors and that's as far as she made it before they canned her for lying about her hours. I painted two of her primed doors with the high gloss enamel paint they gave me to paint them with. A week later I came back (I can only work a day or two a week on this project) and I noticed they had raked a piece of furniture or something across one of the doors and it had gouged the paint right off the door, primer and all down to the original paint job. I then went and tested another primed door with a thumbnail and that came right off as well. So, the primer used on these 10 doors will easily come off, even with a coat of paint on them. I told the lady who hired me that I would try to get more information about the situation, because I told her it would be unethical for me to paint the rest of them, knowing how easily the paint would come off if residents nicked or scratched the doors. Can anyone tell me what my options are and how I should approach this job in the most timely fashion? Don't be coy, if I absolutely need to strip it down to the metal to get results, just tell me. I of course will lose the job because they won't pay my labor costs for the time involved, but at least I will know what I'm working with.

Hi I originally had a white painted wall but there where stains such as crayon, pen and grazing from furniture. I spot primed the stains with zinsser and left to dry. I have applied two coats of white emulsion paint and I am still seeing the patches where I spot primed showing through??? Can anyone advice?? Do I need another coat?? Thanks