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Smoothing an old wall
Hi,
I have some walls in my house that I have stripped wood chip wall paper from. Where the paper has been stripped, some of the paint that was on the wall has come away, and so I am left with a "patchy wall"... this is not too bumpy, but where the paint patches have come away, if painted back on top then these areas will still show through. In other rooms in the house I have used a thick basecoat which said it was designed to smooth walls, but it didnt hide these patches. Luckily these other rooms don't get too much glaring direct sunlight and so the patches dont show up. In this room however these patches will show up in daylight. Ideally I'd like to get a smooth wall.. however, I do not want to re- skim the wall due to expense and the fact that I have tried the odd bit of plastering myself and the results left much to be desired! So my options a Artex... A very fine watered down mix so that the pattern is hardly noticable but enough to deflect teh light and hide the patches.. 5 or more coats of basecoat.. although I think I will still see the patches? Watered down mix of plasterboard jointing compound rollered on and smoothed over... Any advice? Has anyone else done anything similar? Liek I said, I can't plaster and so skimming isnt an option but I think possibly the compound could be, but I'm not sure how well I could smooth it? Thanks |
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