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how do i get my walls smooth
drive007
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Hi everyone.
We are trying to decorate our house, and would now like to strip the walls of paper, and paint throughout the house.
Problem, now we have stripped the walls of paper, the walls are not lovely and smooth for painting, and trying to smooth them down with sandpaper is out of the question as it will take forever.
Is there any industrial machine you can hire which will do this, and keep dust to a minimum. If so where would I hire it from and approx cost would be very helpful.
Many thanks in anticipation of any replies
We are trying to decorate our house, and would now like to strip the walls of paper, and paint throughout the house.
Problem, now we have stripped the walls of paper, the walls are not lovely and smooth for painting, and trying to smooth them down with sandpaper is out of the question as it will take forever.
Is there any industrial machine you can hire which will do this, and keep dust to a minimum. If so where would I hire it from and approx cost would be very helpful.
Many thanks in anticipation of any replies
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We dealt with this prob by paying a decorator to sand any rough spots, spot fill the bigger holes and then paper the walls with heavy duty lining paper. We painted it ourselves to save money and they look lovely. Sure this is also something you could do yourself if your'e a proficient paperer - which I am not.0
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If there is a lot of deviation in the walls you may need to have them skimmed with plaster. Thats the road we're currently going down now. It looks like our walls have had bits of repair work here and there so we have a lot of lumps and steps etc.0
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I would concur. If the wall are 'just a bit rough', fill in the holes, roughly sand and use a heavy duty lining paper."...IT'S FRUITY!"0
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I have recently had a similar problem & used a product called something like Smooth Over, thinks by those Polyfilla guys. Worked really well with a bit of sanding. Don't know if I would want to do a whole wall with it tho.0
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If you want a profesional looking finish, get them skimmed.
We've done the kitchen, dining room and lounge over the last 2 years. Put up coving and added new skirting and architrave at the same time. Makes it look like a new house.0 -
Most of the walls in my house are quite rough. I want to decorate my bedroom which is 13' by 8'. Does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to get skimmed?0
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Don't know where you are, but in Gloucestershire it would be £150 - £200 if you strip the walls first and wash all traces of paste off and give them a coat of PVA so that the plasterer can start straight away with another coat of PVA and straight into plastering.0
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