Hello
Ok, my house is covered in artex (many designs), which is not something I really gave much thought until an ex-girlfriend one day asked why I had a shinny rainbow ceiling!
Its currently in my living room, kitchen, hall ways, stairwell and a bedroom. The rest of the house I have decorated myself and I think now its time to tackle the artex in my living room.
To be honest it doesn't bother me as I've grown up with it being here, but my Mum's old cottage themed living room does and that’s where the problem lay.
As you can see from the picks there are dirty great beams all over the end walls and I would like to take these down, but in doing so I will need to get rid of the artex as the pattern is not continued behind the beams.
I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself with…….
Option 1: Earlex SS77 stripper deluxe (argos code 711/0704 page 1090) and if this did work would the walls be smooth after or would I need to do something else to complete the job?
Option 2: Also read on this forum that someone used a sander to get rid of their artex, out of the two (stripper or sander) what would you recommend? I understand both jobs are very messy which I am prepared for, just as long as the job is do'able by an average DIY person I'm happy to give it ago.
Option 3: Polycell Smoothover
Option 4: Get the pros in, what sort of price could I expect for the following?
Details
Location: Wandsworth, London
Wall: 89" height x 149" width x 2
Thank you[/url]
Ok, my house is covered in artex (many designs), which is not something I really gave much thought until an ex-girlfriend one day asked why I had a shinny rainbow ceiling!
Its currently in my living room, kitchen, hall ways, stairwell and a bedroom. The rest of the house I have decorated myself and I think now its time to tackle the artex in my living room.
To be honest it doesn't bother me as I've grown up with it being here, but my Mum's old cottage themed living room does and that’s where the problem lay.
As you can see from the picks there are dirty great beams all over the end walls and I would like to take these down, but in doing so I will need to get rid of the artex as the pattern is not continued behind the beams.
I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself with…….
Option 1: Earlex SS77 stripper deluxe (argos code 711/0704 page 1090) and if this did work would the walls be smooth after or would I need to do something else to complete the job?
Option 2: Also read on this forum that someone used a sander to get rid of their artex, out of the two (stripper or sander) what would you recommend? I understand both jobs are very messy which I am prepared for, just as long as the job is do'able by an average DIY person I'm happy to give it ago.
Option 3: Polycell Smoothover
Option 4: Get the pros in, what sort of price could I expect for the following?
Details
Location: Wandsworth, London
Wall: 89" height x 149" width x 2
Thank you[/url]
