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Thank you all! Moneypenny - it is nice to hear someone has managed to get it off, so I think I will go down the wallpaper stripper route too. cheers Maz

i used silk on my very bumpy spare room and regretted it. as well as all the bumps shining in the unlight the whole thing looks a bit wipe clean

Zampa, i have just been on the HSS site and am not sure what to search for. can you find it or dcescribe it a bit more? thanks M

sorry! the link is http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/artex.htm I realise the skimming is probably teh best solution but it is a pretty small job and we might be hard pushed to get anyone to do it. Also we are being bleed dry by rennovating our house at the mo and it woudl be nice not to...

in our vestibule we have some eccentric artex featuring multple patterns in a small area! I want to get rid of it and have nice smooth walls, however I haven't a clue how to do this. I have had two pieces of advice - get it skim plastered over (expensive) and take it off with a steamer. I have...

Really?? i thought it was just teh standard thing for people to dip and strip shutters and door to restore them (we have the original doors too hidden under panels). there is horrible yellow paint on one side but the rest is nice. if I scrapped that off should I just stain it the same colour as...

Thank you! some more questions do you think ti woudl be okay just to take the top layer off and then papered over that? alternatively, if I don't have teh most perfect ceiling in the world, can I just plug holes and paint over it? alternativley number 2, if the ceiling is awful, will...

Hi all thanks for your replies. i will try the deepen the hole then tighten and untighten method. Matz, in your second option, do you mean that each half of the screw head will lift slight, allowing me an edge to whack it off with. Have to admit I am a bit nervous about that option...

Hello I have just uncovered some fabulous old shutters that have been hidden under plywood for x number of years. I want to take them down to get them dipped adn stripped, but the hinge screws are refusing to turn, the groove bit is actually just wearingn away when I try. I have tried giving...

Hello I have just moved into a new house that had an elderly owner. ALL the ceiling have blown vinyl, which I am not a fan off, especially on ceilings. I asked at B&Q about what they thought I should do and they said don't touch it with a barge pole as the ceiling underneath was probably...