decorating tips?

Question

i would like to do up my hosue and was wondering if i stripped the walls and then put up lining paper then painted it would it look o.k? its just im on a budget and cant afford to have the walls re- plastered.

Answer 1

As long as the plaster is sound with no major holes in it , this is a good way of painting. Buy 1000 gram lining paper. Soak each piece for 5 minutes after pasting and hang. Make sure there are no bubbles as they will not go away very easily. Let the paper dry out naturally for a few days and then paint. This will bring up a few bubbles but provided they were not there after hanging they will go away when the paint dries out. Best of luck and be sure to use a good quality emulsion such as Crown or Dulux as the cheap ones are very thin and you will need to do more than 2 coats. 2 coats are best with the good paint as it gives you a good hard surface. I have been a decorator for 20 years so this is all worth taking note of. Be sure to use a matt finish as it will not show up the imperfections of the walls.

Answer 2

Rather than use lining paper, buy a plain wallpaper meant for the job you are about to undertake, something like Anaglypta, Lining paper painted does not look good, shabby finish. Look at your walls when you strip off the wallpaper, it may not need re-plastering. You might have to fill the odd hole in with poly filler but then all you do is sand it down smooth and flush with your wall. Once done paint straight onto your walls, this will eliminate the extra cost for lining wallpaper with much better results. Best of luck.

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Answer 3

You can paint over lining paper but it is very thin and would show ALL the lumps and bumps. You would be far better to use a cheap embossed paper, maybe from a sale bin, and then paint it. As long as it has the same pattern on it you can buy different colour finishes if you are painting it. Hope this is an idea you hadn't thought of. Good luck.

Answer 4

Are you asking how to smooth out rough walls on the cheap..?? Run a flat power sander over the walls, simply to pick up any 'sticky uppy bits', then get a plasterers float and some polyfilla, simply smear over the walls to fill any/all the damage.(see why we give it a quick sand first then use the edge of a float..!) When this has dried hard, flat sander, medium aluminium oxide paper, dust mask, and sand the excess polyfilla off.
Best to use 'mix your own' dry polyfilla not the pre-mixed types, Wickes do a large bag (containing lots of small bags)
If you have nasty loose bits, bond these first by painting Unibond (aka Building Adhesive in Wickes)
When you have the walls right, 2 to 3 coats of emulsion, you gets what you pay for here, paint cheap is cheap paint. The best way to find the quality of paint (DIY shed finest against Dulux) is to take two inentical cans/quantities, compare the weight. The heavier paint is the denser paint...therefore the better.
If you come against a stain that refuses to go when you use emulsion on it, then use a bit of white oilbased undercoat on the wall/ceiling, and its gone....
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Answer 5

it looks like brand new walls, get the paper from a trade store and get 1200 grade paper, try and make sure the walls are smooth, if you miss any holes you can still fill them after the paper is up, and also if you are not the best at hanging it you can put filler between the joints and sand it till smooth

Answer 6

Plastering is easy and inexpensive...buy a gallon of pre-mixed lightweight drywall spackling, (cost about $10) available in hardware/home improvement stores.
After stripping walls, use a putty knife,
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scoop out a medium dollop on to putty knife and smear on to the wall,(start at the top) slide across, up and down till even and smooth, continue to the next section till completed, (dries in 30 minutes or less) may need light sanding if you can see putty knife lines, paint the wall with a primer first, then paint. (latex semi-gloss)
If there are only minor defects on the walls, apply spackling to those areas and smooth.
Using lining paper is more expensive and a lot of work.

Answer 7

no just paint on to the bare plaster after you have stripped the room you dont have to line the walls and it will blow any way i hope this helps teresa

Answer 8

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Answer 9

that works best if you use the thickest paper you can get ..and then use matt emulsion