Ceiling crack mistake

[Mrxman]

Hi there

I made a really dumb mistake when fixing a crack in a ceiling 5 years ago (victorian house). In my defense I was a bit checked out due to various circumstances.

Anyway, I used ultra strong packing tape instead of plastering tape. It has actually held up fine and I put toupret interior filler on top but the surface was a bit uneven so I recently put a layer of toupret smoothing filler on top which looks great but an outline of the crack is beginning to show now, presumably from the top layer only

I could fix it by either putting some plastering tape down and toupret smoothing filler on top. That would be the simplest option.
or I could start again and somehow get the old plaster and packing tape off but that would be more time consuming and a bit annoying.

We're selling next year so I am keen to present it in good condition.

Any suggestions?

 

[Wayners]

Just dig and pull tape off. I'd expect that to come off easily.
Scrape off plaster and start again.
What you concerned about? It's plaster so not hard.

 

[Mrxman]

Just dig and pull tape off. I'd expect that to come off easily.
Scrape off plaster and start again.
What you concerned about? It's plaster so not hard.

Yes maybe that's the way to do it.
My main concern is that I am beginning to get a bit fed up plus I guess I am wondering how difficult it will be to take the tape off and repair but it may be the best option not to cut corners. I suppose I could test one end. May be simpler than I thought.

 

[RrogerD]

If it is a smooth plaster finish then you'll be able to rectify pretty successfully and pretty easily. If it is artex finish then it is still possible but may be harder to blend in the finish. I'd do it if it were me. But then I'm ADHD about these sort of things and would hate to sell someone a 'bodge'.

 

[Mrxman]

If it is a smooth plaster finish then you'll be able to rectify pretty successfully and pretty easily. If it is artex finish then it is still possible but may be harder to blend in the finish. I'd do it if it were me. But then I'm ADHD about these sort of things and would hate to sell someone a 'bodge'.

I know what you mean. I would like to feel like I am handing it over in good nick to the best of my abilities.
Luckily it's not artex, just simple toupret interior filler on top of the tape.

I'll give it a go. Probably better than keep on trying to fix it.

Thanks btw.