Paint coming off eith sugar soap and sponge!

[ChilliBob]

Hey guys,

I've stripped some wallpaper off a wall in our house. It came off *very* easily, as in almost whole drops in one go.

Underneath was mostly white emulsion, and some bits lilac (where I guess they had gone over the white before the paper).

Wall looked okay, I sanded some lilac bits off as they were raised, this went straight down to bare plaster in no time. I thought I'd fill those bits.

Now, sugar soaking today and in some places a washing up sponge can take the paint off with only a little scrubbing!..or if you run a fingernail over it

I thought I would mist coat what's there, to go over the bare bits, see what in left with, fill, white emulsion again and two top coats...

Not sure if I should try to get it all off or not thou, at the bottom there's a line of what I'm guessing is oil based paint above the skirting, which is obviously bullet proof!

Oh on a plasterboard stud wall if that's of any relevance.

 

[opps]

Best case scenario it is just contract matt, if so treat it as a bare plaster wall and apply a mist coat (following the manufacturers dilution instructions).

There is a outside chance that it is distemper, if so, you will need to wash it off or seal it. Unless the property is pretty old, distemper is far less likely.

 

[ChilliBob]

Well I'm pretty sure the wall went up about 13-14 years ago so, from what (very little!) I know about distemper, I doubt it's that.

Mrs, surprisingly, as its her office, seems keen to try and wash the lot off! I think mist and see where we are regarding filling myself.

I don't reckon we'd get the magnolia ish oil based line off above the skirting without something more hardcore either.

If we mist and a 'proper' top coat pulls it off I gusss were back to where we are now anyway.