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Thank you Zampa. It's so difficult for a novice DIyer to find out what the correct methods are, I'm glad I stumbled across this forum. I am glad I checked!!! Off to the DIY shops to track down appropriate sealer :lol:

Thank you! Genius idea using duct tape - I have resorted to using jet nozzle of my steam wallpaper stripper but having to be very careful not to wet any one area too much. Not sure what the primers you are talking about are. I had thought of using diluted PVA as I would to seal plaster...

ok currently I am stripping all the paint off that length of cornice, it is just flaking off with a shave hook. I plan to fill cracks etc with skim plaster... ANYONE am I doing this correctly?

Hi I am a novice DIYer and have encountered a bit of a problem... I was stripping wallpaper and unfortunately someone had papered up onto the cornice, the paint has flaked off in this area, I have continued to peel the paint off to the point where it stops coming off easily. The question is do...