Why is it that whenever you put up lining paper, no matter how clean
everything is, you always
get small particles under the paper, somtimes only visible with light
from a shallow angle, but
always there. I visited someones house recently who had done the
lining/emulsion thing, and there they were, creating little peaks in
the paper. If you are papering over the lining, you can
pick them out with a knife,
Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how annoying it is.
Ways to solve this ?
Cheers,
Simon.

On 25 Jan 2006 02:45:41 -0800, wrote:

Why is it that whenever you put up lining paper, no matter how clean
everything is, you always
get small particles under the paper, somtimes only visible with light
from a shallow angle, but
always there. I visited someones house recently who had done the
lining/emulsion thing, and there they were, creating little peaks in
the paper. If you are papering over the lining, you can
pick them out with a knife,
Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how annoying it is.
Ways to solve this ?
Cheers,
Simon.

I know whay you mean. I guess the answer is to clean more, or just
paint the plaster.

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Why is it that whenever you put up lining paper, no matter how clean
everything is, you always
get small particles under the paper, somtimes only visible with light
from a shallow angle, but
always there. I visited someones house recently who had done the
lining/emulsion thing, and there they were, creating little peaks in
the paper. If you are papering over the lining, you can
pick them out with a knife,
Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how annoying it is.
Ways to solve this ?

Nope, never had that :-D

If you size the wall with dilute PVA then you'll stabilize any loose grit
meaning there won't be any new stuff, then run your hands over the whole
wall looking for grit (now stuck in place by the PVA) and remove it with a
scraper.

Mix paste in a new bucket and keep the area scrupulously clean when
pasting. Don't lay the pasted paper anywhere you wouldn't eat your dinner
off.

Since I started doing this I haven't had any problems with grit bugs.

(I think it's all down to stabilising the wall, if it's old plaster then running
your hands over an apparently smooth wall will loosen grit which will find
it's way under the paper)
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

sm_jamieson wrote:
Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how annoying it is.
Ways to solve this ?

Push something like the face of a hammer head against the paper
when it's still damp and it will deal with small pieces of grit.

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wrote:
Why is it that whenever you put up lining paper, no matter how clean
everything is, you always
get small particles under the paper, somtimes only visible with light
from a shallow angle, but
always there. I visited someones house recently who had done the
lining/emulsion thing, and there they were, creating little peaks in
the paper. If you are papering over the lining, you can
pick them out with a knife,
Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how annoying it is.
Ways to solve this ?

Run a vacuum cleaner over everything (ceiling, walls, floor, paste
table) after you've finished patching and sanding. Make sure the bucket
is clean before you mix the paste.