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"dadiOH" wrote:

Stormlady wrote:
One wall in the master bedroom of my house has stucco on it, and it's
horribly ugly. I'm just wondering what the best way to get rid of it
is. I know I could just put a fake wall over it, but there's only
about an inch of space right now between the door frame and the wall,
so I don't really want to do that as we'd also like to replace the
doors and get some nicer (probably wider) trim for the doors.

We were thinking that it might be easier to just remove the
stucco/gyproc wall and replace it with new gyproc as opposed to
trying to sand off the existing stucco? Any suggestions? Is that a
reasonable way to tackle it, or would we be better off just sanding
off the stucco?

Stucco is a cement product. It is normally close to 3/4 thick. Is that
what you have? if so (I doubt it) you aren't about to sand it off.

Since you are talking about an inside wall, I'm guessing you have a dry wall
that has been textured with drywall mud. That sands easily but it is likely
the paint on it won't.

What about a sureform? Never tried doing a whole wall with one but it
should cut through paint and mud pretty readily.

If there is no paint, you can remove it with a wet
sponge as long as it is the kind that dried rather than setting.

You also maybe able to just plaster over it with more drywall mud to create
a smoother surface.