Peeling paint on laminate
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I had my laminate den panelling painted. My painter supposedly primed it and then painted. I suspect that what he did was simply apply a coat of "paint with primer". Shame on me for not keeping tabs on this. Anyway, now the paint chips off wherever it is nicked in the slightest. Is there any way to deal with this other than sanding off all of the paint and redoing it correctly? I'm getting ready to sell my house want to minimize the headaches and expense but I want to spruce up the look of these walls.
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Now that your painter has painted it I believe you can simple paint over it again. The first coat of paint should act as a primer. Perhaps you can touch up the nicks first--either with paint or some spackling and sand lightly if you need to.
Sand as much off as possible and prime it again before painting.
The "paint and primer" are really not primers. They just have more paint solids in them. Do what Cindy suggests and use a primer like Kilz then paint. Kilz should seal what the painted did.
Sand where there are chips. I would at least use a high-adhesion primer where the chips are and paint over those. I have panelling and wouldn't use 2-in-1 paint over it. Even over drywall it can chip. However as GA said, maybe that would be a base coat now.
I found that 2-in-1 paint needs 3 coats to stay stable on my drywall, with a longer drying time in between coats. It looks good in less, but doesn't hold up.
I personally like Zinsser BIN 123 shellac-based primer. It holds up well and provides a good tooth for paint. My panelling has only chipped in a couple of spots in 20 years, and that was from very hard hits that would have dented drywall.
Perhaps the laminate was not washed before painting. Paint better adheres to washed surfaces.