stripped wallpaper, patches of skim?

mutty_hc

stripped some wallpaper off in my bedroom today and because the plaster below it was quite old, some of the skim has come off.

i was wondering if there is a good way of filling in these patches for a relative novice at such a thing? are there any specific products that could do the job or is it plastering them over?

i want to wallpaper over the wall again so i'm not painting on the plaster.

the depth is about 1-2mm where it has come off, so it isn't deep anywhere.

any help is appreciated, cheers.

amcluesent

Get a plasterer to skim it. The DIY products are all hopeless, this is a job where you need the skills.

gordikin

amcluesent wrote: »

Get a plasterer to skim it. The DIY products are all hopeless, this is a job where you need the skills.

Good advice...you'll never make a good job of it yourself. I'm very DIY savvy and this the one job I wouldn't attempt. It probably would cost twice the price to put right than the inital job itself.

t_obermory

amcluesent wrote: »

Get a plasterer to skim it. The DIY products are all hopeless, this is a job where you need the skills.

Its not the most MSE way of doing it though.

It all depends how bad it is, if there's not too many patches then you can use all purpose interior filler, I get a box of the powder that you make up yourself from Wilkos which isn't expensive and you get a much better consistency than the pre-mixed stuff. Just mix some up and use a filling knife like this to fill the hole then smooth over. Once its dry use a fine sandpaper to smooth over the top. Your first attempt probably won't be great but its easy to get the hang of it.

If the plaster's really bad and you're happy to just paper over then I'd use lining paper before you put the paper you want up. If you do it this way make sure you've got rid of any loose plaster and filled any deep holes first.

HTH's.