Painted plaster: what to do?

[womble69]

Having stripped off numerous layers of wallpaper, I am now confronted with a ghastly truth: gloss painted plaster.

All I want is a straightforward plaster wall with emulsion on it. What can I do with this? I can't put emulsion on it, because it won't bond due to the gloss paint.

 

[roughcaster]

Give your gloss painted walls a good rub over with a "really rough sandpaper". Spend a bit of time on it,, you need to roughen/dull down the shiny surface. When you have prepared the surface,, get a good quality PVA, (i use builder centre's own brand), and a 25kg bag of British Gypsum bonding coat plaster. Make up some bonding coat,, not too thick, and not too much at a time, say a litre of water and add bonding plaster to it. When you're ready, brush the plaster on, mixed with neat pva on the brush, then let it dry,, 24hrs, then you can plaster over it without any problems. The walls in the pics were painted with vinyl silk, but i have plastered onto oil based gloss and eggshell many times, using the same method described in the post.

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Roughcaster.

 

[simonpolly]

move house

 

[Zampa]

Thanks for the info and taking the time to post the pictures up roughcaster..I enjoyed reading that..

 

[dextrous]

Top tip indeed roughcaster.

 

[joe-90]

No need for all that fuss. Just neat pva and plaster when tacky. Plaster sticks to my plastic bucket no worries.

 

[JohnD]

I would have thought it would be easier to roughen the surface and apply a matt paint or undercoat of some kind then redecorate with emulsion

I am no good at plastering, so I'd avoid it, although I can usually do patches and chases

 

[Zampa]

I wonder what womble thiinks?

 

[Richard C]

 

[JohnD]

I bet he's thinking "I must say thankyou"

 

[dextrous]

I bet he's thinking "I must say thankyou"

This seems to be a criticism of the op, but he has not been given the opportunity to reply.

 

[Zampa]

For over a week?

 

[Zampa]

I feel a tune coming on....

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