patchs of old paint

[bushwacker]

ok Help !!!!

i am stripping wallpaper off 8 yr old walls using a steamer and a stanley 4" bladed scraper and of course the old paint is coming off with the paper.

now i have asked my decorator does all the paint have to come off now that some of it is off even thou he is lining all walls with 1200/1400g paper

ok what do u all think do i have to go back to the bare plaster or would that kind of gauge paper cover it( by the way we are painting over it when lined )

thanks B

 

[LJW61]

skim lightly with easyfill then line or take a chance lining first with 1700 grade and finish of if needed with an easyfill skim where depressions still show

 

[sparkwright]

would it be too hard to steam the rest of the paint off?

 

[LJW61]

I doubt it but hard to say without seeing it, you could end up blowing the plaster.. is it peeling off in sheets or fiddly litttle patches?

 

[bushwacker]

thanks all the steamer is getting it off but getting bored of doing it lol its a long labourious job .

and i have a high stair well and wasnt looking forward to get up there and do all the fidderly bits

i think i will just take my time and get it right

yhanks