Hi,
I have had something of a (common?) disaster when stripping wallpaper - the skim layer of plaster also came off.
Everything was fine on the walls. The problems started when I came to the bay window which is of wood construction. Here the skim layer came away easier than the paper! The plaster had already cracked in a lot of places, so rather than try to patch it up I have resolved to remove all the dodgy skim before continuing.
Beneath the skim is Redland Wallboard and it looks in good condition.
What do I need to do the the wallboard in order to wallpaper onto it? Do I need to reinstate the skim layer? Or can I just prime the wallboard and paper it?
Many thanks,
Jonathan
I have had something of a (common?) disaster when stripping wallpaper - the skim layer of plaster also came off.
Everything was fine on the walls. The problems started when I came to the bay window which is of wood construction. Here the skim layer came away easier than the paper! The plaster had already cracked in a lot of places, so rather than try to patch it up I have resolved to remove all the dodgy skim before continuing.
Beneath the skim is Redland Wallboard and it looks in good condition.
What do I need to do the the wallboard in order to wallpaper onto it? Do I need to reinstate the skim layer? Or can I just prime the wallboard and paper it?
Many thanks,
Jonathan