We are stripping the walls on our hall, stairs and landing and have discovered a covering under the many layers of paper.
(only on one wall)
This covering is light brown in colour and just melts when you put the steam stripper over it but won't come off.
My questions are what is it, How can it be removed, can we just paper over this substance or will we have to re-plaster the walls?
I don't know if this will help but a neighbour told me there used to be a type of wall covering that was like putty and what we have is the residue left after its removal.
There is a green substance on the wall, I believe it is called distemper, but that just scrapes of leaving nice clean plaster.
Regards
Dave
(only on one wall)
This covering is light brown in colour and just melts when you put the steam stripper over it but won't come off.
My questions are what is it, How can it be removed, can we just paper over this substance or will we have to re-plaster the walls?
I don't know if this will help but a neighbour told me there used to be a type of wall covering that was like putty and what we have is the residue left after its removal.
There is a green substance on the wall, I believe it is called distemper, but that just scrapes of leaving nice clean plaster.
Regards
Dave