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Title: Painting over impression left by heavily embossed
Post by woodcook on May 19^th, 2009, 12:43pm

I have removed the wallpaper used by the last occupant and at sometime in the past there has been a very heavily embossed wallpaper put on directly over the paint that is used as the first coat on the plaster. It has left a network of paint and bare plaster in the image of the old paper.

Is there a paint product that is available to fill/hide this pattern in paint or will I have to re paper the walls? I would prefer to paint as it gives me more flexibility to redecorate in the future.

Thanks
Paul
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Title: Re: Painting over impression left by heavily embossed
Post by H Tim Sdoow on May 19^th, 2009, 7:21pm

Hamilton may know of something but I have never found any of the "cover the cracks" type paints really do a decent job. You could perhaps line it with a thick lining paper and then paint the lining paper, but if its currently very 3D you may well see it through that. I had a similar problem where the paint came away from the plaster in a big patch, I re-skimmed the wall with plaster in the end.

Title: Re: Painting over impression left by heavily embossed
Post by ymmah on May 20^th, 2009, 4:30pm

I assume you mean that the paper you took off has brought the paint off the wall, so where the pattern was you have an indentation.

Hard to say without actually seeing it but all I can suggest is filling it and lining it with a thick lining paper, possibly 2000 grade.

Once you have painted over that a couple of times you will have a good base to decorate on in the future.

Filling it will be a pain but as they say, 'no pain, no gain.'
Don't forget to size the walls before hanging the paper.