Hello, I am new here and I am delighted that I have found this forum where I can receive experienced peoples advice.
Ok, now I am redecorating my new flat (victorian) and I asked pro to repair some crack and paint the corridor.
I have done wall paint and minor filling by myself many times but I don't have much idea about crack on plaster/brick wall and due to time limit, I have decided to ask for pro.
As there were cheap but fairly new plain wall paper in nasty orange in colour already pasted by previous owner, the decorator recommended me to paint over it rather than damaging the plaster underneath by removing them.
They also said if there is loose paper then they will cut it and feather it by sand it and paint over it to cover the seam.
After 2 days of job in total, they had filled the crack with polyfiller and they had painted two coats of Leyland white emulsion and one more coat to go.
I had a closer look today and I noticed that there are quite few uneveness on the wall.
One group of uneveness is bubbled up wall paper and the other is holizontal strip of uneven plaster/filler in my chest height.
I asked the decorator if he would fix them and he said no worry it will even out when the paint is dry.
When I looked at them after second coat, the paint was 3 to 4 hours after coat and more than half dry and I have pushed one bubble but it is rather hard like plastic bottle - I can't see it will flat out later.
I also asked him about uneven filler at a height, he said it is where the bottom plaster work and top plaster work meet and it is better not to sand it down and leave it.
Should I accept his word or can I fix these myself?
I think it is matter of scraping the bubbled paper and for the uneven filler, I can simply give further polyfiller to fill the gap and sand down the bump.
Or are there anything I have to pay attention for it before I do this?
Any advice will be welcome.
Ok, now I am redecorating my new flat (victorian) and I asked pro to repair some crack and paint the corridor.
I have done wall paint and minor filling by myself many times but I don't have much idea about crack on plaster/brick wall and due to time limit, I have decided to ask for pro.
As there were cheap but fairly new plain wall paper in nasty orange in colour already pasted by previous owner, the decorator recommended me to paint over it rather than damaging the plaster underneath by removing them.
They also said if there is loose paper then they will cut it and feather it by sand it and paint over it to cover the seam.
After 2 days of job in total, they had filled the crack with polyfiller and they had painted two coats of Leyland white emulsion and one more coat to go.
I had a closer look today and I noticed that there are quite few uneveness on the wall.
One group of uneveness is bubbled up wall paper and the other is holizontal strip of uneven plaster/filler in my chest height.
I asked the decorator if he would fix them and he said no worry it will even out when the paint is dry.
When I looked at them after second coat, the paint was 3 to 4 hours after coat and more than half dry and I have pushed one bubble but it is rather hard like plastic bottle - I can't see it will flat out later.
I also asked him about uneven filler at a height, he said it is where the bottom plaster work and top plaster work meet and it is better not to sand it down and leave it.
Should I accept his word or can I fix these myself?
I think it is matter of scraping the bubbled paper and for the uneven filler, I can simply give further polyfiller to fill the gap and sand down the bump.
Or are there anything I have to pay attention for it before I do this?
Any advice will be welcome.