Paint Surface Paid Advice

[siddy]

Hello,

I bought a old house around blackburn area in melbourne. removed all the wall paper but am at cross roads now in terms of painting. i found that here and there surface is different to other places and i dont understand what was used there. I am wondering whether there are any places around that have personnel who come down and just advice on what to do since i want to do the work myself. please let me know if there are any places like that. its a weather board house by the way.

one of my questions is
- whether i can get these thin plaster boards and then stick em eveyrwhere inside the house and then paint over it?

thanks
sidd

[ozwinner]

Hello,

I bought a old house around blackburn area in melbourne. removed all the wall paper but am at cross roads now in terms of painting. i found that here and there surface is different to other places and i dont understand what was used there. I am wondering whether there are any places around that have personnel who come down and just advice on what to do since i want to do the work myself. please let me know if there are any places like that. its a weather board house by the way.

one of my questions is
- whether i can get these thin plaster boards and then stick em eveyrwhere inside the house and then paint over it?

thanks
sidd

Welcome.

No need for me to come around I can do it from here, I only charge $ 500 per consultation.


Thin plaster board?
No!

Next question?

Youre already up to $1000.

Al

[jimc]

Easiest way is to patch the dodgey bits and blend them into the main wall....then paint it a light flat colour. This will hide almost anything that is obvious.

We have removed metres of bloody wall paper and discovered all sorts of bodgey stuff....I just bought a 20kg tub of plastering skim coat pre mix and plastering trowel to cover up problem areas. Two years later no sign of cracking or anything.

[Tools]

Thin plaster board?
No!


Thin plaster board? Yes! It does exist but it is not the solution to your problem.There is a sheet that is 6mm thick that is used for bending on tight curves.Jim has the right solution to your problem.

Tools

[katydid]

You have some great resources in Blackburn (my friends live there and are great DIY'ers). Need any more info please let me (an ex-Blackburn North resident) know.

[siddy]

so i found that chemical paint strippers are a treat and easy to work with.
how about i get the chemical paint stripeers and use them

then use one of the undercoats which are oil based . let them dry for two days

and then paint over it.

thanks
sidd--

[lnt9000]

so i found that chemical paint strippers are a treat and easy to work with.
how about i get the chemical paint stripeers and use them

then use one of the undercoats which are oil based . let them dry for two days

and then paint over it.

thanks
sidd--

Very messy, and you will need a lot of the stuff to do the whole house ,as well as a lot of patience, how about using a coarse grade sand paper followed by a medium grain and then apply a texture paint IE:thick and gunky) which should cover the Imperfections, or just paint straight over what you have, some people go to extreme measures to achieve irregular finishes.

[siddy]

well there are more than 4 layers and when the wall paper was removed theya ll peeled and trust me it doesnt look good.
the walls all look bodgey and that
so i decided to go the paint remover way.
thought it was much easier than the sand paper way?
but as i said am a newbie and dunno jack abt DIY
so enlighten me

cheers
sidd

[Auld Bassoon]

some people go to extreme measures to achieve irregular finishes.

Methinks that that comment applies to many of us here with our WW

[siddy]

Hey all,

Thanks for all the constant advice. to add to my list of woes, i think i have lead inside the house.

used one of the bunnings test kits and when i tested it, i didnt see the color change immediately. but went back a day ago and i found where ever it tested, the color is pretty blood red.

So i think dry sanding is out of the window....

what else can be done and how do i do it. Whoever is gonna respond please put it in laymans terms because i have no idea about renovation . The better you explain , the better chance of that helping me fix my place.

cheers
sidd--