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hi,
The house is about 60 years old. The first wall that I am looking at had wallpaper on it and also has had a horizontal channel chased out for electrics. This has been taken out and filled so far with a base layer of wickes (grey) ready mix plaster repair.
I have some thistle multi finish and some British gypsum easi-filler. My intention was to fill and sand back then paint with emulsion. Some bits are back to bare plaster and there is a magnolia coloured "stuff" that is water soluble that I would sand off. Is it old paste?
The wall is otherwise in OK condition apart from the odd dink but does have some eggshell cracking (?) which is so fine that I can't actually feel them. Like spidery pencil lines.
Basically what should I do to prepare the wall?
Many thanks.
Dave
The house is about 60 years old. The first wall that I am looking at had wallpaper on it and also has had a horizontal channel chased out for electrics. This has been taken out and filled so far with a base layer of wickes (grey) ready mix plaster repair.
I have some thistle multi finish and some British gypsum easi-filler. My intention was to fill and sand back then paint with emulsion. Some bits are back to bare plaster and there is a magnolia coloured "stuff" that is water soluble that I would sand off. Is it old paste?
The wall is otherwise in OK condition apart from the odd dink but does have some eggshell cracking (?) which is so fine that I can't actually feel them. Like spidery pencil lines.
Basically what should I do to prepare the wall?
Many thanks.
Dave