Decorating Problem

Roundabouts

Hi, I am decorating a bedroom and in one corner the paper on the plasterboard seemed to have crumpled (see 1st image)
I don't know if there was some damp in the past but there isn't now.




So I removed the crumpled paper,it came off in a straight line. I put a little filler in the gap created between the two sheets of plasterboard and I'm left with what's shown in this image.




So it's uneven now as the corner part of the wall has no paper on it. Can I just paint over it now with matt emulsion and hope that it looks okay? Or might I have to try to even it with some pollyfilla first? Thanks for any advice.

tanith

You really need to resize your pictures they are too wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide..

jcb208

The paper corner tape has blown ,would of been better puting a new tape in the corner and feathering it out with filler,other then that all you can do is feather out the edges with filler but I expecrt it may crack in the corner eventually

Roundabouts

tanith wrote: »

You really need to resize your pictures they are too wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide..

I would if I knew how to. It took me over an hour to get those 2 pictures posted.

Roundabouts

jcb208 wrote: »

The paper corner tape has blown ,would of been better puting a new tape in the corner and feathering it out with filler,other then that all you can do is feather out the edges with filler but I expecrt it may crack in the corner eventually

Thanks. So the bobbled paper I removed wasn't from the plasterboard then. Maybe I can buy some of these tape? What exactly is it?

southcoastrgi

something like this

jcb208

That one is used for external corners as it has metal edges all you need is the paper one which you fold and stick to corner HERE

Roundabouts

jcb208 wrote: »

That one is used for external corners as it has metal edges all you need is the paper one which you fold and stick to corner HERE

Great. So I can just put this tape on and then paint straight over it?

jcb208

Not quite ,what you do is apply a thin layer of filler such as easifill to both sides of the corner all the way down, bed the tape into the filler then fill over the top of the tape,let it dry then apply another coat of filler to cover the tape and when dry rub down smooth then decorate.
Another easier way would be to buy self adhesive tape which you can just wet and stick in to the corner,then cover the edges with filler before decorating

THIS explains it well

Roundabouts

jcb208 wrote: »

Not quite ,what you do is apply a thin layer of filler such as easifill to both sides of the corner all the way down, bed the tape into the filler then fill over the top of the tape,let it dry then apply another coat of filler to cover the tape and when dry rub down smooth then decorate.
Another easier way would be to buy self adhesive tape which you can just wet and stick in to the corner,then cover the edges with filler before decorating

THIS explains it well

Thanks once again. I went to Wickes and Homebase earlier today. Homebase were completely out of tape and joint filler. Wickes had joint filler but it cost £16.10 for a big pot which is far more than I need. Wickes did have paper tape but it was not self adhesive. I think applying non adhesive paper tape and joint filler might be beyond my limited DIY capabilities. I might just try to use normal polyfilla to smooth out the edges and then paint straight over it. I'll give it a go on a small section and see what it looks like.

Roundabouts

jcb208 wrote: »

Another easier way would be to buy self adhesive tape which you can just wet and stick in to the corner,then cover the edges with filler before decorating

P.S. This would be perfect for me. But it seems very difficult to get. Homebase, Wickes and Screwfix don't seem to stock it. I looked on ebay, nothing. I did find one on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/GWNS250E-Wet-N-Stick-drywall-joint-tape/dp/B0035GE2LY/ref=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1359302396&sr=1-1

But it got a woeful review from the person who bought it.