I removed the wallpaper in my house and want to paint. The walls have no texture to hold paint. What to do??

Question

The sheetrock has no texture to it. I tried painting it the way it was and it looks terrible. I want to redo the whole thing but don't know how to go about doing it the right way. Please Help!!!!!

Answer 1

You probably painted over wallpaper glue and rattiness. A common rookie do it yourselfer mistake.
-Sand the wall. (just a scuff)
-Prime it with kilz oil base primer.
-Sand it again. (just a scuff)
-Go to the paint store and ask for a 10" taping knife, drywall mud tray and some topping mud.
-fill your mud tray 1/3 full with the mud and add a few squirts of water until it comes to a smooth workable consistency but still thick enough that it does not fall off your knife if you tip it upside down.
-"skimcoat" the wall. it's so easy a caveman could do it. once you start do it it will make sense to you how to do it.
-Once done skimming, let it dry, if you want the wall smooth, check for bad areas and give it some more skimming, sand it and paint it. If you want the wall textured... once done skimming, you let it dry, sand it all smooth, then take the same mud at the same consistency and skim again only this time play with the pressure and angle of the knife causing it to leave skipper areas. Practice, you'll get it, its fun, thats called a skip trowell texture. Then paint it.

Answer 2

You could lightly sand the walls to give some texture for the paint to adhere. Some people would use a primer for the same effect. It likely depends on the condition of the wall. Ask the guys at your paint store.

Answer 3

If you have a rough surface that is showing through paint, the fix is to put a skim coat of drywall joint compound on the walls, sand them smooth and then paint. You don't need texture for paint to stick but once you do the skim coat, you could have it textured.

Answer 4

Use Kilz or some other good primer and make sure that any glue or other residue from the wallpaper is removed.By the way, Killz now makes colored paint which looks like it will cover anything!

Answer 5

You can rent a spray texture machine at the local Lowe's or Home depot. Spray on a light "Orange Peel" texture, and then paint over it.

Answer 6

You should probably hire someone who texturizes walls. It takes practice to do it right-so if you tried it, it probably wouldnt look right either.

Answer 7

Use a ""high adhesive primer"" it will bond the paint to the wall.

Answer 8

I always prime before I paint, your job will not only look better, but you will use less paint.

Answer 9

Prime it! Then paint. That's the onl;y way to go...unless you want to redry wall it????

Answer 10

you should put up new drywall or spackel. prime it, and the paint job should turn out fine.