I'm on day three of
"really easy plan to take down wallpaper and paint walls white"

I've almost finished the stage will will let me begin the stage before the stage where I can paint. yay.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:43, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

You've done all the sanding and filling?
I always forget how much hassle it is to prep walls for painting.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:44, Reply)

just got priming on the bits
where the plaster fell out and I had to polyfilla it and trying to prepare the bits with the distemper paint (which is a bitch...see what I did there) so the last bit of paint doesn't fall off
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:46, Reply)

I didn't know there was special distemper paint.
Maybe that's what I need on my bathroom ceiling.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:50, Reply)

You ought to thank Cavy for that.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:51, Reply)

there was many years ago
people went rabid for it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:53, Reply)

It's pretty much two thirds of the job mostly

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:46, Reply)

in this case more like eight tenths
there was 75 years of paint and wallpaper to get rid of
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:47, Reply)

In that case the plaster'll be fucked, unless you're any good at skimming, could be best to leave well alone, and just stick up more wall paper

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:49, Reply)

Since it's just my art room
I'm hoping I can get to a point where I can just paint it all white and then if I'm still here in a few years I'll get someone to replaster
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:51, Reply)

It's gonna be a ballache, and plenty of that shitty decayed plaster with horsehair

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:53, Reply)

And anthrax. And asbestos.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:56, Reply)

I had woodchip wallpaper through my flat when i bought
I genuinely would buy somewhere with it again, it's a fucking nightmare.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:55, Reply)

+ not

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:56, Reply)

thanks!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:57, Reply)

there's some of that in my bedroom
But I'm thinking I might pay someone to do that room
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:56, Reply)

It's alright, just messy
you end up covered in little bits of wood.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:58, Reply)

the problem is, it's "waterproof", so the steam doesn't really penetrate
then the violence needed to scrape it off damages the plaster leaving it all chipped. It's a miserbale job, whoever invited should eb shot in front of their children
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:59, Reply)

All the stuff on our ceilings
came off in huge strips once you managed to get a bit off.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:02, Reply)

you are a lucky, lucky man.
there were around 4 layers of paint of ours which probably didn't help
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:04, Reply)