Remove wallpaper from plaster walls
skyren
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Comments (20)"Have you ever even used either product??? That statement is just ludicrous. " Gardz was formulated to seal torn drywall, Kilz will not even come close to the performance of Gardz, not even on the same planet, get real." I have tried both of them. "Formulated" is in the eye of the manufacturer and the advertising department. I could care less about what the sales garbage says. "Latex Kilz product are highly marketed, over rated primers. If you were a professional painter and did this for a living you would know this. " I actually prefer shellac to avoid adding ANY water to the damaged surface, guess you missed that. The only reason to put anything on damaged drywall before repairing the surface is to reduce the movement of water from joint compound into the damaged cardboard causing any further swelling. Setting compound does a lot better than premix. You can use only as much water as you need to get a mix for skimming. Failing to remove left over paste before finishing is just foolish, and is not the issue here. Any coating is not being used as a primer to improve adhesion of the paint, just to block some moisture. Just about any primer will work for this, and it is going to get buried under a layer of drywall mud when the area is skimmed. Anyone who knows how to reportage damaged drywall and skim coat would know this. The painters do NOT know (ever watched them try to fix plaster?). They paint things, not install and repair walls....See MoreWallpaper removal from old plaster
Comments (9)Hi--I would imagine it would be easier to remove wallpaper from plaster walls than sheetrock. Some people swear by wallpaper steamers, and if that sounds easiest to you then check it out. I've never used one before, so I can't say. My own experience removing up to 14 layers of old wallpaper from the plaster walls of our early 1890's home involved scraping off the outer layer(s) of stiff, painted-over paper with a razor scraper, and then using a warm solution of DIF wallpaper remover rolled on with a paint roller on the remaining layers, scraping it all off with a putty knife and razor scraper. It takes time, but it really depends on the papers/adhesives used and the condition of the underlying plaster. The remaining glue and remover residue is then washed off with TSP. Expect some cracks and other decay in the plaster, and understand that old plaster can look really-really bad and still be salvageable, depending on how much effort you want to put into it. Our repaired plaster walls have some imperfections, and I came to realize that it was unrealistic to expect that they'd ever have the perfectly smooth appearance of sheetrock walls, but I love them all the same. Good luck and don't get discouraged--old plaster walls that have been saved are a wonderful surface and you won't regret bringing them back....See MoreUse textured wallpaper to cover old wallpaper I cant remove?
Comments (5)Karen: which technique are you doing? Textured wallpaper over old wallpaper? Or one of the others? Rereading my post (after getting some sleep) it reads more like I am asking about texturing with drywall compound (like imitating venetian plaster, or a tuscan stucco look). PLEASE come back and tell me how it went! I have seen the paper bag technique done on home improvement shows. ItÂs actually simpler. Dipping in poly would be very messy and sticky. You adhere the paper with latex glaze or acrylic matte medium. Then cover with the same clear liquid to seal it in before painting. My hesitation with doing that is if someday down the road you didnÂt want such a texture, you could NEVER get it off. The entire room would have to be skimcoated by someone with the skills to get it really flat and smooth. I donÂt think I want to go that route. At least with drywall compound texturing it could be sanded off smooth easily....See MoreRemoving wallpaper from one wall only
Comments (7)I don't think it's a big deal. Use a straight edge and a razor blade to strike straight lines into the corners; steam off the wallpaper you don't want; slip a little wallpaper paste behind any loose edges of the remaining wallpaper and smooth them down with a smoothing knife....See Moreskyren
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