Hi,
Would appreciate advice....
Just had hallway and landing skimmed with plaster in a very old house (17 years old wallpaper removed, some much, much older plaster fell off, then skimmed over). The main walls look good, however....
1) Where the walls meet in the corner and where the ceiling and walls meet, it's not smooth, there are cracks and gaps, will running a line of decorators caulk sort this out? Can I paint over the caulk the same as the rest of the walls? I am concerned caulk might show through the paint!
2) Light switch is damaged and surrounding area is poorly plastered. Need to replace with new light switch box, will need to rake out plaster (gap might be quite deep), will then attempt to fill it with easi-fill or deep fill polycell, sand it then paint? I am concerned about cracks appearing!
3) Not all the cables for light switches have been skimmed over. Plaster in and around the cables is very poorly done, what can I do to make it look half decent? I'm thinking of covering cables with lining paper, then apply an oil based primer just over that area, then carry on painting same as the rest of the wall. From what I've read, you can't paint vinyl matt over wallpaper paste, hence using the oil based primer for that area only! Not sure if I want to go to the trouble of raking out plaster to hide cables, then attempt to skim over with easi-fill or deep fill polycell! Perhaps another option might be to hide the cables in trunking/plastic casing (what is the correct term please?), then fill any gaps between skimmed plaster and trunking with easi-fill?
4) Skimmed plaster has overlapped on to the skirting board, must I use decorators caulk to seal the line where plaster and skirting board meets? I'm not confident in getting a smooth and straight line because it's more or less a flat surface I'll be running my finger along (hope that makes sense)! I plan on painting the walls with vinyl matt, after undercoating with thinned normal matt, then paint skirting with satin or gloss.
TIA
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Would appreciate advice....
Just had hallway and landing skimmed with plaster in a very old house (17 years old wallpaper removed, some much, much older plaster fell off, then skimmed over). The main walls look good, however....
1) Where the walls meet in the corner and where the ceiling and walls meet, it's not smooth, there are cracks and gaps, will running a line of decorators caulk sort this out? Can I paint over the caulk the same as the rest of the walls? I am concerned caulk might show through the paint!
2) Light switch is damaged and surrounding area is poorly plastered. Need to replace with new light switch box, will need to rake out plaster (gap might be quite deep), will then attempt to fill it with easi-fill or deep fill polycell, sand it then paint? I am concerned about cracks appearing!
3) Not all the cables for light switches have been skimmed over. Plaster in and around the cables is very poorly done, what can I do to make it look half decent? I'm thinking of covering cables with lining paper, then apply an oil based primer just over that area, then carry on painting same as the rest of the wall. From what I've read, you can't paint vinyl matt over wallpaper paste, hence using the oil based primer for that area only! Not sure if I want to go to the trouble of raking out plaster to hide cables, then attempt to skim over with easi-fill or deep fill polycell! Perhaps another option might be to hide the cables in trunking/plastic casing (what is the correct term please?), then fill any gaps between skimmed plaster and trunking with easi-fill?
4) Skimmed plaster has overlapped on to the skirting board, must I use decorators caulk to seal the line where plaster and skirting board meets? I'm not confident in getting a smooth and straight line because it's more or less a flat surface I'll be running my finger along (hope that makes sense)! I plan on painting the walls with vinyl matt, after undercoating with thinned normal matt, then paint skirting with satin or gloss.
TIA
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