Painting Lining Paper

[currymonster]

Hi,

A few years back I covered our walls with heavy duty lining paper as the plaster was ok but not perfect enough for painting. I was careful to let the paste soak on each piece of paper for 15 mins per run, before hanging then I made sure I carefully butted each piece bang on with no overlap.

I then used Farrow and Ball matt emulsion onto the paper. I have noticed hairline vertical cracks in the paint along the butt joins, which I guess is normal over butt joins.

As I plan to repeat the process in another room is there anything else I should be doing to make sure hairline cracks like this don't appear on the butt joints. I did try rubbing a thin smear of caulking over the joints as I guessed this would be flexible and stop any cracking.....shows how little I knew! My question is there any other tricks for hiding the present cracks. and precautions or technique I need to adopt for my next project of doing the same in the living room please

Many thanks

Steve

 

[Nige F]

You could try Red Devil one time ready mixed filler- but you will need to coat it/seal it after applying because it will show through just one coat of emulsion - see what others say

 

[currymonster]

You could try Red Devil one time ready mixed filler- but you will need to coat it/seal it after applying because it will show through just one coat of emulsion - see what others say

 

[currymonster]

thanks I will give it a try, is the intention to not butt right up to the edge but leave a slight gap then fill with red devil?

 

[Robbie uk]

15 minutes is far too long to soak lining paper.

 

[currymonster]

so how long then??

 

[cwhaley]

Depending on the grade, 15 minutes is absolutely not too long at all.

I used 1400 grade on a wall in the front room wall and soaked each 9ft length for 10-15 mins. Once it was on and nearly dry I ran a thin coat of Polyfiller One Fill (equivalent of Red Devil) and you couldn't even tell where the joins were; it looks like new plaster. 2 months on it is still fine. My dad also did the same with thicker paper and that was 12 years ago now; only one bit has lifted and that's above one of the radiators.

 

[currymonster]

Depending on the grade, 15 minutes is absolutely not too long at all.

I used 1400 grade on a wall in the front room wall and soaked each 9ft length for 10-15 mins. Once it was on and nearly dry I ran a thin coat of Polyfiller One Fill (equivalent of Red Devil) and you couldn't even tell where the joins were; it looks like new plaster. 2 months on it is still fine. My dad also did the same with thicker paper and that was 12 years ago now; only one bit has lifted and that's above one of the radiators.

thanks CW that's really helpful info.
by the way one final question did you but join each run of paper or leave a gap and fill the gap between sheets of paper?
Thanks again

 

[cwhaley]

No worries! I did butt-join each piece yes, that's the best way... after I did this there was only the odd slight gap where the paper had shrunk very slightly. There was one section where I had a gap of about 4-5mm (1940s chimney breast not straight), but a nice smooth overcoat of One Fill and it was completely unnoticeable. I then covered in 2 coats of emulsion once dry and then the top coat.

 

[currymonster]

No worries! I did butt-join each piece yes, that's the best way... after I did this there was only the odd slight gap where the paper had shrunk very slightly. There was one section where I had a gap of about 4-5mm (1940s chimney breast not straight), but a nice smooth overcoat of One Fill and it was completely unnoticeable. I then covered in 2 coats of emulsion once dry and then the top coat.

thanks again CW that's brilliant help and saved me a lot of problems....cheers all the best