Drywall – way to get an oil stain off painted drywall

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Somehow oil or something got splashed on the painted drywall and now there are two stains present. I was wondering what tips people have to attempt to remove the stain, or is the simple solution just a repaint job?

Salad/cooking oil of some kind.

Best Answer

If it is a lot of oil you may need more than paint. I would go over the area with something like drylok and let it sit for a week or two. If nothing comes through then just repaint over the drylok. If you see any sort of oil coming through - even a tiny bit - then I would skimcoat the area with drywall mud. Then repaint after that. I have personally tried to repaint over oil stains totally wasted my time, noticing the same oil coming through a few days later on new paint job. I am sure this has to do with what kind of oil, how much, and the paints you use (oil based paint will hid this better than latex).