Textured Paint & Woodchip?

joe2cool

Hi is it possible to cover up woodchip wallpaper with a textured paint ?

Thx

tanith

You could of course paint it with textured paint but I am pretty certain the 'woodchip' effect would show through.... if you want rid of it the only way is stripping it off.... its hard work but worth it to be rid of the 'woodchip'. good luck

gailv0

there is no real way to cover up woodchip...steam it and scrape it off. If it's really stuck on and you want to cover it, you may have to have the wall skimmed over by a plasterer. Expensive, so it's worth trying hard to get it all off, then use lining paper, then paint over it.

joe2cool

OK cheers guys so no quick solution, appreciate your comments!

nickj_2

you can get scouring wheels to score the paper , this will allow steam to get thru to the paste and make the paper easier to get off
ask at your local diy store or builders merchants

blue_monkey_2

We just recently had to do a whole 3 bed house of the nightmare that is woodchip! Everything was covered in it - even the ceilings - the walls underneath were rubbish and this is why.

What we did was to take some of the top off, you can buy this superduper scraper with a razor as a blade (I've seen them in poundland recently) but it was £5 in Wickes - makes it very easy, then put the steamer in the room and leave it on for 30 minutes or so to steam up and get everything damp, doors and windows closed, while we went and scraped a couple more rooms. Then we went back and put the steamer over it and it came off really easily and made light work of it.

If the walls are shot underneath then have a look at Polycell Base Coat (we used 2 coats of this, it covers hairline cracks.) Also used another Polycell one that you are supposed to trwol on but we used it as a filler as it is not as thick and it covered most of the cracks in our walls. The Polycell stuff has polymer in it so any further cracks do not show. Also, give it a try before you paint, if the paint flakes then use Polycell Problem Walls, it is like an adhesive and stops flaking when you paint on the walls. It is a hassle and expensive but we have a great base now for anything we want to do in the future.

You could get a textured paint but then you'd be left with more texture and if you wanted to take it off you'd have more of a job. Strip it now and get it over and done with.

misgrace

joe2cool wrote: »

Hi is it possible to cover up woodchip wallpaper with a textured paint ?

Thx

Please dont waste your money, get the woodchip off, its not that bad to get off, if you know little tricks.

Blue-monkey has the right idea, and like nick says, you can buy scouring wheels, or you can do big criss crosses with a blade or knife over the paper.

I found the best thing for me, and would advise you to lay some polythene down, specially if you have carpets, is to get a roller on a pole, submerge it in very hot soapy water, or very hot fabric conditioner ( I kid you not), and roll the walls, (after you have scored them), whilst your doing this, your steamer is bubbling away, (to quicken up time, top up the steamer with water from your kettle), (and keep it on the boil)

The roller method works better if you have an empty house lol, but its fantastic, as it satuarates the paper, making it soft and easy for you to strip it.
Just concentrate on one wall at a time, soak it, either the roller method, or a big brush, start at one end of the wall, soaking it till you get to the end, then go back and do it again.
Buy the time you get your steamer on it, or you do it by hand, the paper should be falling of the wall.

Dont leave your steamer too long on one part of the wall, keep moving it around, as it can blow the plaster underneath, you will know whn it happens, as you hear a 'plop' sound,:eek: if you hear that, keep your steamer away from that part of the wall, and just soak it by hand.

blue_monkey_2

I tried the fabric conditioner intially misgrace and found it just made the paper come of in mushy clumps, with the steaming you get it off in long strips and sections. Maybe I did it wrong but this is why we steamed.