Hello,
I am looking for some advice on how to go about painting a room which I have removed both paper lining and wall paper layers.
The next stage/s I think would be to wash and scrape the walls in an attempt to remove as much of the residual wall paper paste off as possible?
After that the is quite a bit of filling/sanding to do, and then the repainting.
As the walls stand, I have stripped off all of the paper, under the paper is green paint, which is patchy and some came away with the paper. The wall are (in my opinion) sound, (just quite a bit of perp. work required). I really do not want to have it relined, an easy option I know, but its not what I want, the house is 80+ years old, and I am not looking for a show house finish.
My questions are -
What is the best method to remove old paste, is it just water, water and fairy liquid, or should I use sugar soap or something like that?
I am a sparky, and do when necessary make good wall chases, and use 'easyfill' for finishing. It is easy'ish so sand but still takes some time. I have worked on sites where the decorators use some sort of filler which is I believe two part, and smells a bit like car body filler, what is is called? and is this easier to sand?
Any other tips would be most welcome.
Many thanks.
I am looking for some advice on how to go about painting a room which I have removed both paper lining and wall paper layers.
The next stage/s I think would be to wash and scrape the walls in an attempt to remove as much of the residual wall paper paste off as possible?
After that the is quite a bit of filling/sanding to do, and then the repainting.
As the walls stand, I have stripped off all of the paper, under the paper is green paint, which is patchy and some came away with the paper. The wall are (in my opinion) sound, (just quite a bit of perp. work required). I really do not want to have it relined, an easy option I know, but its not what I want, the house is 80+ years old, and I am not looking for a show house finish.
My questions are -
What is the best method to remove old paste, is it just water, water and fairy liquid, or should I use sugar soap or something like that?
I am a sparky, and do when necessary make good wall chases, and use 'easyfill' for finishing. It is easy'ish so sand but still takes some time. I have worked on sites where the decorators use some sort of filler which is I believe two part, and smells a bit like car body filler, what is is called? and is this easier to sand?
Any other tips would be most welcome.
Many thanks.