We have removed all the wallpaper in our new flat's living room. 2 walls are fine but underneath the others is this...
I used a steamer to remove the wallpaper from the walls, on the 2 walls it came off no problem but on the walls in the photos it was a struggle. Underneath there seems to be 2-3 layers of either a thick lining paper or plasterboard. I have no experience with materials or plastering so i would like to know what these materials are and how we can fix the wall so it can be painted.
I'll try and describe it...
The top layer is smooth but when moisture is applied it looks like a thick card type material. This only appears in some areas - in between these areas is a pink coloured smooth material (poss plasterboard?) Underneath this pink material is another brown coloured thick card type material and under that is grey plaster. What is this stuff?
Just to be clear the actual wallpaper and it's backing paper has been removed.
I tried using a steamer to remove these layers but it takes hours to scrape through and is damaging the plaster underneath.
Any ideas?
I used a steamer to remove the wallpaper from the walls, on the 2 walls it came off no problem but on the walls in the photos it was a struggle. Underneath there seems to be 2-3 layers of either a thick lining paper or plasterboard. I have no experience with materials or plastering so i would like to know what these materials are and how we can fix the wall so it can be painted.
I'll try and describe it...
The top layer is smooth but when moisture is applied it looks like a thick card type material. This only appears in some areas - in between these areas is a pink coloured smooth material (poss plasterboard?) Underneath this pink material is another brown coloured thick card type material and under that is grey plaster. What is this stuff?
Just to be clear the actual wallpaper and it's backing paper has been removed.
I tried using a steamer to remove these layers but it takes hours to scrape through and is damaging the plaster underneath.
Any ideas?