Achieving a good paint finish on a bare wall using filler and sandpaper is a lot easier said than done, I decided to to remove the wallpaper from various walls in my home, then fill any holes or cracks and sand the walls to obtain what I thought appeared to be a smooth surface ready for painting, but as soon as I started to apply the paint it became evident that the finished look was, for want of a better word, terrible. I overcame this problem by using lining paper on every wall and I was very pleased with the results. Lining paper is relatively inexpensive and can be obtained from … [Read more...]
WALL PLASTER REPAIR
Tools required :- Plasterers trowel, two buckets, face mask, hand brush, old paintbrush, mixing stick, dust sheet or old towel, kitchen fork or scarifier, sanding block if required. Should you discover that there are cracks or patches of loose plaster on the internal walls of your home (usually found when you redecorate), then they will need to be repaired. Small cracks can be repaired using an appropriate flexible filler, then sanded to a smooth finish. Larger patches of damaged or loose plaster (as pictured below) will require re-plastering to obtain a suitable surface … [Read more...]
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