Dear Experts,
I am renovating my living room. Most of the walls have new plasterboard which I will paint. But there is one bit of wall that is plastered brick which I’m not sure what to do with.
Currently it has painted lining paper over the plaster (apart from a bit where it meets the new plasterboard, where I’ve stripped the lining paper). I’d like to end up with a painted surface that matches the new painted plasterboard. The surface has various dints and scrapes but it’s not terrible.
One option is to strip the paper, sand and fill the plaster, and paint. Another option would be to hang new lining paper over the existing. Or I could just sand and fill over the existing paper. What do you reckon?
One unknown for me is what happens if I attempt to paint over the old paster with the remains of the old wallpaper paste. How bad an idea is that? I can attempt to remove it with e.g. sugar soap but will that be sufficient?
Thanks.
I am renovating my living room. Most of the walls have new plasterboard which I will paint. But there is one bit of wall that is plastered brick which I’m not sure what to do with.
Currently it has painted lining paper over the plaster (apart from a bit where it meets the new plasterboard, where I’ve stripped the lining paper). I’d like to end up with a painted surface that matches the new painted plasterboard. The surface has various dints and scrapes but it’s not terrible.
One option is to strip the paper, sand and fill the plaster, and paint. Another option would be to hang new lining paper over the existing. Or I could just sand and fill over the existing paper. What do you reckon?
One unknown for me is what happens if I attempt to paint over the old paster with the remains of the old wallpaper paste. How bad an idea is that? I can attempt to remove it with e.g. sugar soap but will that be sufficient?
Thanks.
