| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? 17:06 - Apr 17 with 3394 views | giant_stow |
How thick does it need to be to cover an embossed wallpaper? Is 2000gms enough? Or do I have to get specialist stuff / re-plaster?
Sorry to ask - been googling but can't see any advice anywhere. |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 17:11 - Apr 17 with 3352 views | J2BLUE |
You finally coming out as a Town fan and getting rid of that Norwich wallpaper? Nice one mate. |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 17:16 - Apr 17 with 3299 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Is not the simplest option simply to remove the wall paper? Almost certain that any cover up job might fail |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 17:38 - Apr 17 with 3244 views | Leaky |
Use a steamer & strip it back |  | | |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 17:40 - Apr 17 with 3241 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Why are you covering it and not just stripping? No lining paper will be thick enough to cover an embossed paper, as soon as you paint it, the pattern will just show through. |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 17:44 - Apr 17 with 3232 views | GavTWTD |
Be thankful it's not woodchip wallpaper. That's the devil's loo roll.
Strip/steam it. Do the job properly! |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:24 - Apr 17 with 3114 views | Guthrum |
Contrary to the advice about stripping the old wallpaper off, it depends what the surface is like underneath. "Structural wallpaper" sounds like a joke, but it might be holding the plaster on/together. Especially in an older (pre-plasterboard) property.
Thick anaglypta may be hiding extremely rough walls (same with wood-chip).
Steaming can also be a very bad idea. If not careful, it is quite possible to blow the plaster skim off as well. Best option is to dry peel the top layer if you can, then soak the underneath. If the top layer won't come off, try soaking all of it. Lightly score the surface to allow the water to penetrate. Steam only as the last resort. A very sharp scraper is indispensible.
2,000 grade lining paper will deal with most things (also it's the thickest you'll get in most DIY stores). A good adhesive is essential if you're sticking to heavily embossed stuff. Results may still not be that great, there's a limit to what even the thick paper will do.
You may have to strip the embossed stuff and then line afterwards.
This from years of experience. |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:27 - Apr 17 with 3097 views | Guthrum |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 17:44 - Apr 17 by GavTWTD |
Be thankful it's not woodchip wallpaper. That's the devil's loo roll.
Strip/steam it. Do the job properly! |
Painted woodchip is the hardest stuff to get off. I've had occasions when it wouldn't even steam and just had to be scraped. Ended up with something like tennis elbow once doing that on a four-story hall, stairs and landing. | |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:28 - Apr 17 with 3088 views | Dubtractor |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:27 - Apr 17 by Guthrum |
Painted woodchip is the hardest stuff to get off. I've had occasions when it wouldn't even steam and just had to be scraped. Ended up with something like tennis elbow once doing that on a four-story hall, stairs and landing. |
Our old house had woodchip paper in the hall/stairs/landing. Had clearly been up for 30+ years, with numerous layers of paint on it. We just accepted it as a feature and picked our paint colour of choice to go over it, as removing it was going to be WAAAAAY too much effort. |  |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:30 - Apr 17 with 3081 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:27 - Apr 17 by Guthrum |
Painted woodchip is the hardest stuff to get off. I've had occasions when it wouldn't even steam and just had to be scraped. Ended up with something like tennis elbow once doing that on a four-story hall, stairs and landing. |
My Mum and Dad were HUUUGGGEEE fans of Woodchip.
Oh how I laughed when we sold that house. | |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 20:04 - Apr 17 with 3036 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:24 - Apr 17 by Guthrum |
Contrary to the advice about stripping the old wallpaper off, it depends what the surface is like underneath. "Structural wallpaper" sounds like a joke, but it might be holding the plaster on/together. Especially in an older (pre-plasterboard) property.
Thick anaglypta may be hiding extremely rough walls (same with wood-chip).
Steaming can also be a very bad idea. If not careful, it is quite possible to blow the plaster skim off as well. Best option is to dry peel the top layer if you can, then soak the underneath. If the top layer won't come off, try soaking all of it. Lightly score the surface to allow the water to penetrate. Steam only as the last resort. A very sharp scraper is indispensible.
2,000 grade lining paper will deal with most things (also it's the thickest you'll get in most DIY stores). A good adhesive is essential if you're sticking to heavily embossed stuff. Results may still not be that great, there's a limit to what even the thick paper will do.
You may have to strip the embossed stuff and then line afterwards.
This from years of experience. |
Agree with this. I stripped off loads of old wallpaper in my gaff and the plaster behind it was so fooked that I had to get the whole room replastered. Thankfully one of my mates is a plasterer and nipped over one Saturday morning and did it, and probably the best solution in the long run rather than papering over it all, but agree it can create a bigger job than anticipated. |  | | |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 20:24 - Apr 17 with 3018 views | giant_stow |
Thanks loads to everyone for the advice - appreciated . It's textured wallpaper hiding previous woodchip qstuff, which is probably in turn holding the plaster in the place. Guthers, think I'm going your way (cheers) and lowering my sights a touch! | |
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| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 20:27 - Apr 17 with 3002 views | Vegtablue |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 19:24 - Apr 17 by Guthrum |
Contrary to the advice about stripping the old wallpaper off, it depends what the surface is like underneath. "Structural wallpaper" sounds like a joke, but it might be holding the plaster on/together. Especially in an older (pre-plasterboard) property.
Thick anaglypta may be hiding extremely rough walls (same with wood-chip).
Steaming can also be a very bad idea. If not careful, it is quite possible to blow the plaster skim off as well. Best option is to dry peel the top layer if you can, then soak the underneath. If the top layer won't come off, try soaking all of it. Lightly score the surface to allow the water to penetrate. Steam only as the last resort. A very sharp scraper is indispensible.
2,000 grade lining paper will deal with most things (also it's the thickest you'll get in most DIY stores). A good adhesive is essential if you're sticking to heavily embossed stuff. Results may still not be that great, there's a limit to what even the thick paper will do.
You may have to strip the embossed stuff and then line afterwards.
This from years of experience. |
Yeah I've removed wallpaper before to find mostly exposed laths by the end of it, as well as dodgy brickwork, but I've also gone down 2000 grade lining paper route and wasn't happy with my results once the glue had dried (not a professional though!). | | | |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 20:28 - Apr 17 with 3001 views | Coastalblue |
| Anyone know about thick lining paper to hide textured wall paper? on 20:24 - Apr 17 by giant_stow |
Thanks loads to everyone for the advice - appreciated . It's textured wallpaper hiding previous woodchip qstuff, which is probably in turn holding the plaster in the place. Guthers, think I'm going your way (cheers) and lowering my sights a touch! |
Just paint it blue and white with a large picture of Kieran hung over it, you probably won't even notice the wallpaper then. |  |
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