Decorating bad walls, any ideas?
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Does anyone have any ideas of how to renovate the walls in our house. They were up until a short while ago covered in 25yr old heavy vymura paper. Now they are paperless scarred and pock marked sufaces. Some of the scars and dents are not deep enough to take polyfiller, vut i want to get a nice smooth finish. I don't mind a bit of hard graft, just wondered if anyone had some good effort/timesaving tips.
Right gyproc make an adhesive that is meant to stick plasterboard to blocks (dry lining) the same stuff is also perfect for sealing the seams betwen sheets of plasterboard. This also makes it edeal for reclaiming poor plaster finishes as it dries quickly provided you use very thin skims and it can be sanded. If you employ a professional plasterer he will use this stuff to clean up small ammounts of poor plasterwork. I completely renovated my living room in 3 days hard graft. (bear in mind this was also a week before I had a heart attack so I was not in good shape 
). The place looks great now apart from it needs tidying. Honestly its fantastic stuff and if youa re on a budget its the way to go.
). The place looks great now apart from it needs tidying. Honestly its fantastic stuff and if youa re on a budget its the way to go. If you just want a bodge job to sell a house try that thick paint advertised on TV, when my dad sold his house in 2003 some of the walls had taken a beating from me and my brother's childhood exuberence (riding BMXs down the stairs springs to mind).
In an hour and a quarter I had roughly painted the staircase and landing and it looked much better for it.
In an hour and a quarter I had roughly painted the staircase and landing and it looked much better for it.
popov123 said:
If you decide to fill the damaged parts yourself, use powdered filler (not the ready mixed stuff), it will sand off in about a tenth of the time and you can adjust the 'thickness' of the mix to cope with varying levels of damage.
Just my 2p worth.
No not the stuff mate hones gyproc is the business
nonegreen said:
If you decide to fill the damaged parts yourself, use powdered filler (not the ready mixed stuff), it will sand off in about a tenth of the time and you can adjust the 'thickness' of the mix to cope with varying levels of damage.
Just my 2p worth.
No not the stuff mate hones gyproc is the business
I suppose I should have pointed out that my walls are still about as smooth as a rugby pitch
popov123 said:
popov123 said:
If you decide to fill the damaged parts yourself, use powdered filler (not the ready mixed stuff), it will sand off in about a tenth of the time and you can adjust the 'thickness' of the mix to cope with varying levels of damage.
Just my 2p worth.
No not the stuff mate hones gyproc is the business
I suppose I should have pointed out that my walls are still about as smooth as a rugby pitch
No matter I dont work for them honest you could not have a worse starting point than me my house is a shit hole and gyproc is ace
JonRB said:
Heavy lining paper is a cheap way of covering a multitude of sins.
1000 gauge double lined (two layers) hides a multitude of sins. and if your wallpapering is not great caulk the joints lightly with plasterboard jointing compound and sand prior to painting.
My lounge was a mess when I bought the house - double lined it and its as smooth as the proverbial......
My father has been in the decorating business for 45ish tears and was convinced that I had, had the walls skimmed
Gyproc Dry Wall adhesive, get it and a proper spreader from a builders merchants, not a DIY Shed, thin skim all over then sand back with 180 grit decorators (sand paper on a roll) roll, use a 2 foot length of 2x2 timber as a block, messy but stunning results, you should be able to do the room in a day. this stuff dries fast and is easy to work with, it sticks to dusty plaster as well!!
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