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I was also about to say, I'd treat the walls with PVA first! A
1:4 solution would be plenty strong enough; any more is a waste.

PVA is a multi-purpose adhesive; it's water soluble so just wash
out under the tap. It comes in everything from expensive little
125 ml pots (woodworker's glue), through 2.5 litre cans of
"builder's adhesive" at B&Q, up to massive drums of the stuff at
Jewson's.

Hmmm...wouldn't wallpaper paste have the same effect?

Better than nothing, certainly. However, when you slop on more paste
later with the wallpaper, I think it would tend to dissolve your
'priming' layer and you'd get your flakes lifting off again.

Using PVA would involve exactly the same amount of effort as paste, but
would dry to make a reasonably resilient, hard surface. And you'd use
about, oh, two-quid's worth for a room. Not worth thinking about!

David