Hey everyone, I'm after some advice from anyone with experience of painting over previously wallpapered walls as, despite a lot of digging online, I'm finding a lot of conflicting information so I need clarification.
My walls were lined with lining paper and then wallpapered. I have removed the wallpaper but as the paper was so badly applied it just peeled off without the use of a steam stripper. The result is good for me as it has left the lining paper on the wall intact with no blemishes or damage to the wall whatsoever.
What I'm left with is lovely smooth wall with lining paper and some residue on the surface from the wallpaper paste. I've got some Farrow and Ball emulsion to go onto the walls but I need to prepare the walls first.
My intention is to wash the walls with sugar soap to remove the paste residue and let it dry for a day or two (or as long as it takes). This is the point at which things become confusing. A number of things I've read suggest that the next step is to seal the wall to prevent any remaining paste from sucking the water out of the emulsion, resulting in flaking/cracking. That makes perfect sense but what do I use to seal it?
Some articles suggest to use oil-based primer, others suggest acrylic primer. Which is it? A few articles seem to suggest that painting emulsion over oil-based primer is a nono as the emulsion won't adhere properly so I should use acrylic but others suggest that if I don't use oil based then it won't seal properly. I'm thoroughly confused.
My mum also told me to use a PVA mixture as a sealant but everything I've read online says absolutely DON'T do that so I'm not keen to take her advice.
Any help would be much appreciated in clarifying this for me so I can make sure I do the job properly. I don't want to be redoing this later down the line and F&B emulsion isn't cheap stuff so I really don't want to get it wrong.
Better yet - if anyone could tell me EXACTLY which product to buy to prepare the walls I'd be incredibly grateful as if it's not obvious on the tin I certainly don't trust the numpties in B&Q/Homebase to point me to the right stuff. Last time I trusted them I ended up with completely the wrong product.
Thanks in advance
My walls were lined with lining paper and then wallpapered. I have removed the wallpaper but as the paper was so badly applied it just peeled off without the use of a steam stripper. The result is good for me as it has left the lining paper on the wall intact with no blemishes or damage to the wall whatsoever.
What I'm left with is lovely smooth wall with lining paper and some residue on the surface from the wallpaper paste. I've got some Farrow and Ball emulsion to go onto the walls but I need to prepare the walls first.
My intention is to wash the walls with sugar soap to remove the paste residue and let it dry for a day or two (or as long as it takes). This is the point at which things become confusing. A number of things I've read suggest that the next step is to seal the wall to prevent any remaining paste from sucking the water out of the emulsion, resulting in flaking/cracking. That makes perfect sense but what do I use to seal it?
Some articles suggest to use oil-based primer, others suggest acrylic primer. Which is it? A few articles seem to suggest that painting emulsion over oil-based primer is a nono as the emulsion won't adhere properly so I should use acrylic but others suggest that if I don't use oil based then it won't seal properly. I'm thoroughly confused.
My mum also told me to use a PVA mixture as a sealant but everything I've read online says absolutely DON'T do that so I'm not keen to take her advice.
Any help would be much appreciated in clarifying this for me so I can make sure I do the job properly. I don't want to be redoing this later down the line and F&B emulsion isn't cheap stuff so I really don't want to get it wrong.
Better yet - if anyone could tell me EXACTLY which product to buy to prepare the walls I'd be incredibly grateful as if it's not obvious on the tin I certainly don't trust the numpties in B&Q/Homebase to point me to the right stuff. Last time I trusted them I ended up with completely the wrong product.
Thanks in advance