Afternoon everyone,
I am decorating my living room just now as we have just moved into this house. The previous owners had lining paper on the walls coated in magnolia. I thought it would be straight forward enough to paint over as I am using a darker grey colour.
When I had applied my first coat I noticed the lines of the lining paper were showing through and a few of the joints on the lining paper started to peel off. I read that if you cut out bad sections of lining paper and fill in with caulk you could paint over it and they wouldn't be seen.
I have given the wall 4 coats now and the sections I filled in eventually show through as dark patches. Have I used the wrong filler? is there anything I could try to remedy this?
Or is it worse case scenario - hang new lining paper and start again?
Any help much appreciated, think I should just stick to the electrical work!
I am decorating my living room just now as we have just moved into this house. The previous owners had lining paper on the walls coated in magnolia. I thought it would be straight forward enough to paint over as I am using a darker grey colour.
When I had applied my first coat I noticed the lines of the lining paper were showing through and a few of the joints on the lining paper started to peel off. I read that if you cut out bad sections of lining paper and fill in with caulk you could paint over it and they wouldn't be seen.
I have given the wall 4 coats now and the sections I filled in eventually show through as dark patches. Have I used the wrong filler? is there anything I could try to remedy this?
Or is it worse case scenario - hang new lining paper and start again?
Any help much appreciated, think I should just stick to the electrical work!