Tempered hardboard wall
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You need to install a wall, harcc do board is unsuitable .Any pics?
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Masonite (oil tempered hardboard) wall panelling was used as (interior and sometimes exterior) cladding over timber framing in some American buildings from the 1920s to the 1950s. One of the few places I can recall seeing it used that way in the UK was a little place called Jaywick near Clacton, where it was used extensively in holiday cottages before WWII. It does occasionally turn up in old buildings where it has been used to provide a smooth surface over the top of old lath and plaster walls rather than reskimming, but it isn't that common these days in my experience, presumably because most of the Barry Bucknall "upgrades" were ripped outin the 70s and 80s (at least one hopes they were!)
For wallpapering the paste would surely be water-based, so petrochemical-type solvent strippers simply wouldn't work on oyt. I think I'd try either a plain hot water wash or failing that (on order of severity) a hot solution of either sugar soap, washing soda crystals, and if that didn't do the trick possibly caustic soda solution - the latter is dangerous stuff and requires the use of rubber gloves, eye protection and good ventilation. The surfaces shouldn't be flooded, just wiped over with a damp stockinette dish cloth which has been dipped in the clea ing solution, and several applications may be necessary to get rid of the original adhesive.
After using washing soda or caustic the surfaces should be wiped over with a damp stockinette cloth which is rinsed in clean water and rung out regularly
For wallpapering the paste would surely be water-based, so petrochemical-type solvent strippers simply wouldn't work on oyt. I think I'd try either a plain hot water wash or failing that (on order of severity) a hot solution of either sugar soap, washing soda crystals, and if that didn't do the trick possibly caustic soda solution - the latter is dangerous stuff and requires the use of rubber gloves, eye protection and good ventilation. The surfaces shouldn't be flooded, just wiped over with a damp stockinette dish cloth which has been dipped in the clea ing solution, and several applications may be necessary to get rid of the original adhesive.
After using washing soda or caustic the surfaces should be wiped over with a damp stockinette cloth which is rinsed in clean water and rung out regularly
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Trying to prime over any adhesive is potentially going to fail. Ideally you need to either get the adhesive off, or possibly consider covering it with something else (not a paint or a primer). You have already tried solvents and failed, but have you actually tried removing it with water or a water- based product such as sugar soap or soda crystals? Substances which don't dissolve in petrochemicals will often dissolve in eater or water + a detergent.
BTW, that material looks more like chipboard - hardboard and masonite have a very consistent texture and lack any wood splinters or coarse fibres. Rather a strange choice for wall cladding.
BTW, that material looks more like chipboard - hardboard and masonite have a very consistent texture and lack any wood splinters or coarse fibres. Rather a strange choice for wall cladding.
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Could even be fibre board occasionally seen it to provide insulation to interior walls as a cheap option to plastering .
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It can be a process of trying a number of things
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