removing flaking paint

[Jettagti]

We have owned our house for 5 months now, and the next job is the downstairs loo.
The paint on the walls is flaking off all over the place. I dont know what has caused it, but I think it is due to the previous owners using the wrong paint

Ive been attacking the wall this morning with an electric sander and some 80 grit pads, but it is taking an eternity. Is there a quicker and easier way to remove the paint?

I assume I have to remove all traces of the paint before I can repaint?

[Aviz]

I started to do this, and in the end decided to just use 1400 lining paper and do the whole room. It also reduces the echo a bit, as i have wood floors.

[Jettagti]

Aviz said:

I started to do this, and in the end decided to just use 1400 lining paper and do the whole room. It also reduces the echo a bit, as i have wood floors.

was the flaking paint visible through the lining paper?

[Aviz]

Jettagti said:

was the flaking paint visible through the lining paper?

No. I used the thickest (1400 grade) lining paper i could get. Once painted (it does suck up a lot of paint, so i did it all with a couple of coats of cheap white before the top colour), i can't even tell it's lined.

[dickymint]

Use a wallpaper steamer and a scraper.

[ColinM50]

dickymint said:

Use a wallpaper steamer and a scraper.

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