Help with wall type & how to prep please!

[DevaB]

I have recently brought a 70's house and have spent most of my time so far removing the vinyl paper that seems to be in every room!

The walls do not look to be plastered and my vigorous wall paper scraping has left me with an inconsistent wall surface; the areas where I have taken the surface layer off show what looks like cardboard or fibre board. How should I prep this?

I was thinking of an emulsion & water mix, followed by filler but is that suitable for this type of wall & what is it?

Help please!

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If you can upload a few photos of the wall surface and any damaged areas would help on the wall type.
Is this wall surface type common to all rooms and external and internal walls?

 

[JohnD]

Have a look at some plasterboard in the DIY shed, and see if it looks the same as your wall.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If it's the internal of the board you have exposed (taken the plaster surface off) The old paramount boards used to have a cardboard corrugated centre.
A bit like some of them Revel sweets!

 

[DevaB]

I have uploaded some images to an album so hopefully you are able to view. Looking at the wall around a recessed plug it does look to be plasterboard but it have never been plastered or skimmed from what I can see.

The top coat is a green paper which reveals a brown paper layer and then the fibreboard type texture. Would I just use a emulsion and water mix on this or pva?

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• DevaB
• 17 Jun 2012
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• DevaB
• 17 Jun 2012
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[joe-90]

You want Zinsser Gardz.

 

[^woody^]

It's common wall board. You will have to skim plaster it, or line it with some heavy lining paper