Page 2 — What Happens When You Paint Over Years Of Smoking
Nicotine residue is notoriously persistent.
When someone smokes indoors for years, nicotine doesn’t just stain walls.
It soaks into them.
According to experienced renters and contractors:
- Nicotine embeds into drywall and paint layers
- Simply painting over it doesn’t seal it in
- Without proper prep, it will come back
Another Redditor explained it clearly:
“Nicotine would bleed through new paint if the surface wasn’t properly prepped. You can’t just paint over old nicotine stains.”
Instead of staying hidden, the residue slowly migrates outward.
Especially under the right conditions.
Which led to the next unsettling detail.
Read why these stains often appear overnight ⬇️⬇️⬇️
