Decorating question

MrsAudus2b

Hi guys :hello: I have a decorating question I was wondering if someone could help with....

I desperately want to decorate my lounge (it's about time, we moved in in May 2007!) but the previous owner has painted the lounge in the most bizarre way.

It's hard to describe but the texture of the paint feels grainy, gritty, coarse and rough. It's like a sand effect, feels quite sand paper.

I want to paint over it but I'm guesing the texture will just remain the same? I hate it! Any have any idea what sort of painting it is and the best and most MSE way to sort it out?

Many Thanks
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ormus

are you sure its the paint? and not wallpaper underneath?
if its paper, then strip it off.
if its textured paint then either sand it down with an electric sander, or get a plasterer to skim over it.

asp746

i think it may be better getting a plasterer in to skim over it than trying to sand or steam it will be laborious and probably messy.

Fire_Fox

You should not plaster over wallpaper! That is a bodge and it is likely to fall off in places eventually.

Debt_Free_Chick

It could be a rough finished plaster - you can create this by brushing over "touch-dry" plaster with a wet brush. Or I'm sure I've seen an "interior decorating" idea that adds sand to paint, so that could be it.

You need to determine whether they've painted on plaster or wallpaper - the latter is easy to spot ... just look for the joins; either vertically or where the wall meets the skirting or ceiling.

The current base (paper or plaster) determines how you tackle this.

MrsAudus2b

Many Thanks for all your replies.

It is definately plaster they have used this horrible paint/sand combination on, not wallpaper.

So the best thing to do would be get a plaster in then? Apologies for the ignorance, but is it likely to be an expensive job? (Probably not much help, but it is a small room, possibly 10 meters by 7)

Thanks
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LandyAndy

MrsAudus2b wrote: »

Many Thanks for all your replies.

It is definately plaster they have used this horrible paint/sand combination on, not wallpaper.

So the best thing to do would be get a plaster in then? Apologies for the ignorance, but is it likely to be an expensive job? (Probably not much help, but it is a small room, possibly 10 meters by 7)

Thanks
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That's a huge room. Are those measurements right?

ormus

10 feet x 7 feet surely?

200/300 quid to plaster. budget price.

MrsAudus2b

LandyAndy wrote: »

That's a huge room. Are those measurements right?

I am such an idiot! No those measurements were not right at all! Its 11 foot by 11 foot!

Whoops!

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LandyAndy

ormus wrote: »

10 feet x 7 feet surely?

200/300 quid to plaster. budget price.

I wondered that and then thought it was a bit of a small lounge.

I think you'll do well to get it done well for £300 but stranger things have happened.

LandyAndy

MrsAudus2b wrote: »

I am such an idiot! No those measurements were not right at all! Its 11 foot by 11 foot!

Whoops!

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Be very careful next time you measure up for curtains:D .