With all the plumbing, electrics, data, gas, alarm and appropriate boxing in done, the kitchen is ready for decorating.
Except the plaster is an awful mess of patching in,flaky paint, blown skim, textured paint and large areas of plaster that is too think.
I just wondered if anyone has any ideas on how to make this good (or at least a lot better) with the minimal of cost (both financially and time). It is being prepared for lining paper.
Just to clarrify, re-plastering the entire room is out of the question.
I am currently implementing the current options:
- Scraping off all old paint (walls not prepared for it, so coming off easily in most place).
- Skim plaster is being taken off if blown (currently an entire wall).
- Large holes are filled with plaster (to past the surface), allowed to dry, and sanded.
- Small holes are being filled with filler, allowed to dry and sanded.
- A random orbital sander is used to clean off all of wall to achieve a smooth (but still wavy) surface (very dusty).
- A grinder with a concrete disk is being used to remove patches of proud plaster (3-10mm and even more dusty), followed by the random orbital. It leaves a very wavy finish.
- Currently planning on glueing a long strip of sandpaper to a float and using that to try and smooth out the wavy finish.
...So, any other tips and tricks I could try? I have the rest of the house still to do.
Cheers,
Fubar.
Except the plaster is an awful mess of patching in,flaky paint, blown skim, textured paint and large areas of plaster that is too think.
I just wondered if anyone has any ideas on how to make this good (or at least a lot better) with the minimal of cost (both financially and time). It is being prepared for lining paper.
Just to clarrify, re-plastering the entire room is out of the question.
I am currently implementing the current options:
- Scraping off all old paint (walls not prepared for it, so coming off easily in most place).
- Skim plaster is being taken off if blown (currently an entire wall).
- Large holes are filled with plaster (to past the surface), allowed to dry, and sanded.
- Small holes are being filled with filler, allowed to dry and sanded.
- A random orbital sander is used to clean off all of wall to achieve a smooth (but still wavy) surface (very dusty).
- A grinder with a concrete disk is being used to remove patches of proud plaster (3-10mm and even more dusty), followed by the random orbital. It leaves a very wavy finish.
- Currently planning on glueing a long strip of sandpaper to a float and using that to try and smooth out the wavy finish.
...So, any other tips and tricks I could try? I have the rest of the house still to do.
Cheers,
Fubar.