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I'm the the process of redecorating a bedroom. Originally the walls were papered and the ceiling was papered with lining paper and painted over. The lining paper wasn't put up properly as the seams overlapped and the paint was uneven with bits flaking off.
I have removed the wallpaper and lining paper from the ceiling. There were a couple of patches of mildew on the wall (exterior wall) which I removed with vinegar solution. Is this any cause for concern? The room is the coldest in the house due to the large exterior wall.
I have steamed, scraped and sugar soaped most of the walls to get the paste off. However, I can see that there was a picture rail fitted which the previous house owners forcefully ripped out, which has caused chunks of plaster to be ripped off the wall at the points where the picture rail was nailed. The holes (some as large as 10cm wide) are filled in with (what appears to be) standard polyfilla and many filled holes are not flush with the wall surface.
The polyfilla in the larger holes is not solid, it can be easily scraped off with the wallpaper stripping knife. I'd like to remove the filler and use something more suitable. I have bought some "finishing skim polyfilla". Is this sufficiently different to standard polyfilla in that it will leave a smooth solid finish? Will I need to seal these areas with a primer before painting?
The nails from the picture rail are rusty and hammered into the wall (pic 2). I want to remove these as most of them protrude from the wall surface. How can I remove these with minimal plaster damage?
There is one section of wall (Pic 1) which is bulging out thanks to the picture rail ripping. The middle section has been filled with polyfilla but the surrounding plaster is loose and cracking. The plaster is about 3mm thick. I want to remove the filler and the loose plaster and repair the whole section. Would plaster skim be sufficient? If so which type?
The ceiling has some long cracks about 6mm wide which have been filled in (Pic 3). There are still some cracks showing as I presume a flexible filler was not used. I have removed the filler from one of the cracks (Pic 5)as it was loose. There is a very small amount of movement when I press against the ceiling on either side of the crack. I plan to line the edges of the crack with some PVA sealer and then fill with decorator's caulk. There is black dust in the ceiling cracks around the edges of the ceiling, I'm assuming this is from the attic above. Would the PVA and caulk do the job?
There is a small section of ceiling that looks like cement and there are cracks around it (Pic 4). Can I paint straight on top of this?
Apart from the above issues, the ceiling is clean and flat, so I don't think it would be beneficial to re-paper it as the cracks would show through anyway.
There is some gloss paint on the walls, next to the skirting board and under the area where the picture rail used to be, as they didn't mask the walls before painting. I'm guessing that emulsion will not adhere to this paint particularly well, I intend to use a chemical paint stripper to get this off the walls. Would this be wise?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks
I'm the the process of redecorating a bedroom. Originally the walls were papered and the ceiling was papered with lining paper and painted over. The lining paper wasn't put up properly as the seams overlapped and the paint was uneven with bits flaking off.
I have removed the wallpaper and lining paper from the ceiling. There were a couple of patches of mildew on the wall (exterior wall) which I removed with vinegar solution. Is this any cause for concern? The room is the coldest in the house due to the large exterior wall.
I have steamed, scraped and sugar soaped most of the walls to get the paste off. However, I can see that there was a picture rail fitted which the previous house owners forcefully ripped out, which has caused chunks of plaster to be ripped off the wall at the points where the picture rail was nailed. The holes (some as large as 10cm wide) are filled in with (what appears to be) standard polyfilla and many filled holes are not flush with the wall surface.
The polyfilla in the larger holes is not solid, it can be easily scraped off with the wallpaper stripping knife. I'd like to remove the filler and use something more suitable. I have bought some "finishing skim polyfilla". Is this sufficiently different to standard polyfilla in that it will leave a smooth solid finish? Will I need to seal these areas with a primer before painting?
The nails from the picture rail are rusty and hammered into the wall (pic 2). I want to remove these as most of them protrude from the wall surface. How can I remove these with minimal plaster damage?
There is one section of wall (Pic 1) which is bulging out thanks to the picture rail ripping. The middle section has been filled with polyfilla but the surrounding plaster is loose and cracking. The plaster is about 3mm thick. I want to remove the filler and the loose plaster and repair the whole section. Would plaster skim be sufficient? If so which type?
The ceiling has some long cracks about 6mm wide which have been filled in (Pic 3). There are still some cracks showing as I presume a flexible filler was not used. I have removed the filler from one of the cracks (Pic 5)as it was loose. There is a very small amount of movement when I press against the ceiling on either side of the crack. I plan to line the edges of the crack with some PVA sealer and then fill with decorator's caulk. There is black dust in the ceiling cracks around the edges of the ceiling, I'm assuming this is from the attic above. Would the PVA and caulk do the job?
There is a small section of ceiling that looks like cement and there are cracks around it (Pic 4). Can I paint straight on top of this?
Apart from the above issues, the ceiling is clean and flat, so I don't think it would be beneficial to re-paper it as the cracks would show through anyway.
There is some gloss paint on the walls, next to the skirting board and under the area where the picture rail used to be, as they didn't mask the walls before painting. I'm guessing that emulsion will not adhere to this paint particularly well, I intend to use a chemical paint stripper to get this off the walls. Would this be wise?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks