Indoor communal area

[Jeremy2014]

Hi All,

Looking for some advice

With current lockdown situation looking for some diy piece of work to complete.

Here is the communal hallway that could do with some freshen up.

As per picture attached, you can see that there are some cracks within the paper used to cover the wall on which paint was applied.

What is the best way moving forward? Can we just paint over?

Thanks,

 

[Tigercubrider]

I would just paint it heavily- but not so much that it highlights the area. Paint the cracked area and allow to dry first

 

[Johnny Allround]

Hi Jeremy, the cracks need to be chased out finely and filled with decorators caulk.Gently remove any excess filler with a damp cloth. Let it dry and gently rub down.Then 2 coats and voila perfect finish. Or touch up filled areas and one coat. Hope this helps.

 

[Jeremy2014]

Hi Jeremy, the cracks need to be chased out finely and filled with decorators caulk.Gently remove any excess filler with a damp cloth. Let it dry and gently rub down.Then 2 coats and voila perfect finish. Or touch up filled areas and one coat. Hope this helps.

Thnaks John - by chase out, what do you mean? and question - by filling the cracks and rub down sanding down before painting, would that affect the finishing work? there are texture paper that has been applied and do not want the finishing work to look worse because we filled the crack and there is now instead of a small cracks a huge area that look "touche up"

Hope that make sense!

CHeers,

 

[Johnny Allround]

You simply make the fine cracks slightly bigger by using the edge of your scraper then filling . It’s technique used to get a better bond for more filler to adhere to and less chance of reappearing. Once you have decorated you shouldn’t see the affected area.