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painting plaster

When painting plaster I realise that the norm is to do a mist coat first, but will this still be the case if the plaster was preveiosly covered with wallpaper?

2nd

In order to get some of the (up to 5 layers) of paper off the wall I had to score it and have damaged the plaster underneath, is it possible to re-polish finished plaster that has been on the wall for some time? or should I just fill and sand as necessary?
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  • ListysDad
    ListysDad Posts: 312 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    No.
    Fill and sand.
    :whistle: All together now, "Always look on the bright side of life..." :whistle:
  • jcb208
    jcb208 Posts: 782 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Also make sure you wash all the old paste off otherwise you will end up with even more problems with the paint reacting with the paste
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    jcb208 wrote: »
    Also make sure you wash all the old paste off otherwise you will end up with even more problems with the paint reacting with the paste
    or line it, render seams invisible and paint the lining paper.

    Cheers
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