Wall-Destroying Clock!!

house. After the walls were spackled, sanded, and painted, the reddish-brown outline from this one clock keeps coming back!

primer, which 2 local hardware stores and a Home Depot all proclaimed the BEST primer for such situations.

Have you thought of bringing in a priest for an exorcism? ^_^

TDD

Hang a painting, or a photo of your grandmother.

Something inspirational like this

That's pretty much what I was going to write. Beware of blue eyed blonde boys about knee high, carrying sharp knives, while the priest is there.

Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus

Have you thought of bringing in a priest for an exorcism? ^_^

TDD

Seriously though, what kind of wood could stain a wall so deeply that even the best primers could not hide it?

Try plain shellac, then prime.

There are different types of BIN primers and/or stain killers. Do you recall which type you used?

I would suggest doing one of the following:

2) use shellac as a stain killer as someone else here suggested; or,

Then, repaint with your white wall paint.

Good luck.

Almost any wood can, especially oily woods like cedar and redwood. That said, a wood stain on any kind of wood might possibly leech onto the wall (especially oil stain:o)....latex paint, in my experience, takes on stains more than alkyd paint.

After refinishing the wood, was the clock rehung before the stain reappeared. There are plenty of stain-blocking primers, so you can't choose just a brand name; gotta pick one with stain-blocking properties, per the label. Also must allow sufficient curing/drying, per the label.

NorMinn:

I don't know of the baby clock's history(that's what it is termed). 8-day, dark wood, time only. It was the only clock of many(school houses, banjos, cuckoos) that hung from these walls, that left such a bastard of a stain!

Hang a painting of a clock!!!! Or a photo of the Pope!

Otherwise, I'd demolish the house and build a new one....

Of course you could just hang the same clock back there!

Put the clock back?