How can I stop paint from peeling on a wall?

Try to scrap off as much as possible, sand down the edges and touch up with paint.

Why is it peeling? If you can fix the problem, maybe it won't happen again.

Is there an exhaust fan in the kitchen? I have only seen this in vacant houses and kitchens with a lot of moisture.

I have the same problem...mine is from the humidity in that room. I prefer to leave my windows open, rather than the A/C, makes the paint peel.

The paint that's peeling looks incredibly thick. I'm guessing that's one of the reasons it is behaving that way. Kelli has the right idea. Trim the edges of the peeling paint with a box knife or x-acto knife. Sand down the ledge made by that thick paint and the wall board and just dab on a bit of patch color. (If you don't have the original, take a section of the peeled paint and find a close match in your hobby store's acrylic paint section.) If the color isn't the EXACT same, then blend it outward from the center as you paint. You'll probably be the only one to ever notice the difference. Cheers!

sand smooth, get all loose paint off. Someone probably put flat over semi gloss (gloss) paint....prime & repaint ----too much work ? scrap off loose paint & cover with some pretty wall paper or whatever you like. I'm always on the lookout for cheap wall paper ----thin enough to wrap gift - big one especially - doesn't rip as quick as paper...

The other problem I haven't seen mentioned is that the underlying paint is oil based and someone put latex over it. That is virtually guaranteed to peel.

It could be an oil based paint on the first layer or gloss or semi gloss and then flat over it. The right thing to do but probably expensive is to put a coat of oil based primer over your paint and then repaint the room. We paid a “professional “ painter to paint our entire house and he didn’t prime the doors and they are ALL peeling so our winter project is priming them and repainting them ourselves.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

You can sand paper the area and repaint it. It will hold for a while but chances are it's going to peel somewhere else.

Paint peels when there is not enough adhesion. The walls weren’t prepped correctly. Add to the fact that you have latex over gloss paint...scuff up the spot and use a primer. Then paint. The moisture is just adding to the problem. Sorry.

I agree with moisture causing your problem. You really need to exhaust all cooking moisture. You can use a box fan in a window blowing out for a makeshift exhaust.

As for the cost of paint, check in your area for household chemical recycling. We can go to the county dump and "buy" All the paint we want for free.

I have that problem, but mine was caused by a glade automatic air freshener device. Apparently the tropical scent had something extra in it because I had had the freshener in the same place for almost a year and it didn't do it with the Apple cinnamon or Japanese cherry blossom scents. A couple days after changing scents a huge paint blister appeared and eventually popped. I will definitely try the cutting the edges, sanding and repainting.

The paint in all rooms of my 1952 house had paint peel after I applied 2 coats of of Ben Moore - excellent paint. I ended up having to have walls scraped and sanded, skim coated, primed and repainted. $$$

It appeared some 5 layers pulled away. Likely poor prep at some point or poor quality paint.

Make sure you are scraping as much as will come away.

Hi all of the above, but otherwise cover it with a Coving!