Help Newbie in DIY

TCPPC

Hi Everyone

I am new owner, just got my property...newbie so question might sound simple.

In the living room the wall paper is a bit old and tired so i borrow a streamer and took off a piece of the wallpaper. Underneath it is like a wood type board.

Can any one advise whats the best option, originally i wanted to strip it then paint over it but not what to do now?

can you plaster over wood?

thanks in advance....

chiefgoobster

what expanse of wood are we talking about and what's underneath the wood ?

SailorSam

Will it be one of those 8'x4' boards that you get with things like wood effect or tiles on them ?
If it is, perhaps someone in the past thought it was easier to decorate with them. If it does look like that i think you'd be better trying to remove them.
The other alternative could be rather than paint the boards put a wallpaper lining paper up to cover them and paint that.

cyclonebri1

I think SS has it right, they were "wall boards", I used them back in the 70's, they were popular for covering over crappy or multi papered walls.
Sometimes stuck to the wall or often fitted on battens.

Bottom line is it will all need ripping of and the walls/s replastering to give a modern standard finish.

TCPPC

would using wallpaper lining paper be an option

so i can paint over it?

andydiysaver

I've been doing DIY for years , am pretty proficient at most things but for my 2p's worth I'd still get a plasterer in if I went down the plaster route - it's a black art but practitioners of such come fairly cheap these days

cyclonebri1

andydiysaver wrote: »

I've been doing DIY for years , am pretty proficient at most things but for my 2p's worth I'd still get a plasterer in if I went down the plaster route - it's a black art but practitioners of such come fairly cheap these days

Believe me you get better at it very quickly if you do enough, and again within constraints, it's easier to plaster a whole wall than patch a few sq yds of it.

I learnt the "knack" from an old guy, died of lung cancer. He told me, and he was correct of course, that it's all in the timing.

Unfortunately his "watch" was the number of fags he smoked waiting for the set at each stage.:A:A:A

andydiysaver

....that's the black art bit, most of us set a timer or a timer in their mind but the timing of the nicotine urge is the stuff that holds it together, more accurate than either of the above options! .... there's no logic or science to it, only feeling! I can do most things, electric, insulation , even car audio in my younger days but my hat is always off to those that can plaster!

ceredigion

andydiysaver wrote: »

....that's the black art bit, most of us set a timer or a timer in their mind but the timing of the nicotine urge is the stuff that holds it together, more accurate than either of the above options! .... there's no logic or science to it, only feeling! I can do most things, electric, insulation , even car audio in my younger days but my hat is always off to those that can plaster!

you tell the world, and i'll put my rates up

andydiysaver

worry not fella - I have done, but there's more of you about these days- still, for every 1 good un there's 9 bad uns!

cyclonebri1

andydiysaver wrote: »

worry not fella - I have done, but there's more of you about these days- still, for every 1 good un there's 9 bad uns!

Flak jacket donned.:eek:

Let me make 1 thing clear here, I did not say this or plant the seed in the OP's mind, I make it only 1 in 5.



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