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Bare brick internal wall: paper or emulsion?
In my kitchen, tucked away out of sight at the side of the washing
machine, there is a 3ft by 2ft patch of bare brick, no plaster. * As a quick fix, will wallpaper stick to bare brick? * Failing this, would bog standard internal white emulsion be an option? Or would the brick absorb it and cause it to flake off? Bruce |
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In my kitchen, tucked away out of sight at the side of the washing machine, there is a 3ft by 2ft patch of bare brick, no plaster. * As a quick fix, will wallpaper stick to bare brick? * Failing this, would bog standard internal white emulsion be an option? Or would the brick absorb it and cause it to flake off? Masonry paint would be your best bet. (a 75p sample pot ought to just about cover it). -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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wrote in message oups.com... In my kitchen, tucked away out of sight at the side of the washing machine, there is a 3ft by 2ft patch of bare brick, no plaster. * As a quick fix, will wallpaper stick to bare brick? * Failing this, would bog standard internal white emulsion be an option? Or would the brick absorb it and cause it to flake off? Bruce Cover it with a bit of plasterboard |
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Cover it with a bit of plasterboard Sorry, Dave. Too expensive. And too time-consuming. It's taken me a week to steam the painted wallpaper off the kitchen walls. I'm in the statte of mind where I'm fed up with all the mess and want to start redecorating straight away! Bruce |
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In my kitchen, tucked away out of sight at the side of the washing
machine, there is a 3ft by 2ft patch of bare brick, no plaster. Try plaster. Even the dodgiest amateur plastering would look better than sticking wallpaper onto brick! Buy a bag of one coat for 5 quid and a trowel and give it a go. You can't make it worse. Even my pathetic plastering skills could manage a patch that size, especially in a less visible location. Christian. |
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In my kitchen, tucked away out of sight at the side of the washing
machine, there is a 3ft by 2ft patch of bare brick, no plaster. * As a quick fix, will wallpaper stick to bare brick? ha ha * Failing this, would bog standard internal white emulsion be an option? Sure. It'll look like sh1t of course, much worse than bare brick, as will all the options mentiond so far except plastering or PBing it. |
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