Lining paper and joint filling

Hello everyone, I want to know how easy it is / technique to put lining paper on the walls and filling in the joints and sanding them, to get a smooth finish for painting? Has anyone had experience of this? and what filler do you use? A friend of mine has recently had this done and looks pretty effective! but was done by a professional.

Lining paper can be very effective, lining paper is in grades which is the thickness 600 been for new plastered walls and 1700 for damaged repaired walls. I purchased Mav 1200 grade and the filler i used was powder mixed pride i got an excellent finish. Where i purchased it from was http://www.transtools.co.uk/store/cat_495/painting-and-decorating/lining-paper.html

I rang for advise on the different grades and that one was recommended for my walls maybe worth doing the same.

Hope this helps

Lee

For the filler, aims is great. It's a jointing compound usually used for jointing plasterboards when taping and jointing. It mixes easily (always add the water to the powder, not the other way round) and sands easily too.

If I need to use it on new plaster is usually give it a mist coat first and then fill and sand and then the usual two coats of emulsion. I didn't do this on the lining paper in my daughters bedroom and it's still fine.

regards

Fred

Hi there.First post here so.....lets see how this goes.


Im a painter/decorator myself and must have cross lined hundreds of rooms.Ive never needed to polyfilla any joints in the paper.If the walls are prepared properly and the lining paper is hung to a decent standard leaving a gap between each length then the subsequent emulsion finishing coats should filll this gap....and if not then just how big a gap is it going to be anyways?? we aint talking about half an inch here or anything.Its only a mm or 2.As a rule I get each length as close to the previous one without butting them together.

Good luck with the job Emma

In general if the lining paper is well hung (no pun intended) you'd need little filling. Though I do use filler where absolutely necessary to ensure the best finish possible.

Lately I have been using the non-woven papers which apply much easier and quicker and don't tend to shrink. So you get a far better finish, true far more expensive - but I can paper a wall in the amount of time it take to soak a couple of ordinary strips.

Cheers,

Dave

Try to butt the joint in the lining paper up so you dont leave a gap

A lot of people, some decorators included, leave a gap as a matter of course..there is no need if you intend to paint the wall.

Leaving a gap is making work for yourself,..and the downside of filling is that it could leave a mark on the wall because by the time you have rubbed it down it will be flatter than the texture of the lining paper...any area that is flatter and smoother than the areas surrounding it will reflect the light differently..

If you cant avoid leaving a gap the i'd recommend painting the walls first and then filling them..that way you stand less chance of damagine the surface of the paper when you rub the filler down.

Use ordinary filler, or Ames (ready mixed joint filler) NOT ready mixed fine surface filler, it sets like concrete

When you have rubbed it down roll over it with the roller you used for the walls or a radiator roller to get back the texture in the paint.

Then re coat the whole wall