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Can I hang embossed wallpaper over old embossed and painted paper?

JustLikeThat · 2016-04-01 09:34:44

For many, many years we have been happy to paint over the embossed paper in our large lounge. However, we now want to remove old disused hot air vents and will not be able to match the very old paper. Stripping it all off would be a challenge given the times it's been 'emulsioned' and opinions are that the plasterboard…

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amerste Posts: 182 Forumite

2 April 2016 at 7:05PM

If your careful taking off the embossed paper it should leave the flat backing of the paper so no need to go down to plaster. After many layers of paint it should come off pretty easy. Any depth difference where the air vents are positioned square it off with lining paper before adding you choice of paper.

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