best diy way to disguise a non perfect wall ready for emulsion?

steveo3002 · 29 May 2008 at 3:38PM

ive just peeled off all the wall paper and im wanting to emulsion the walls

the walls arent too bad and ive filled any obvious cracks and marks , but seeing as its not 100% perfect is there any methods /products that help disguise blemishes?

someone has suggested poly filler added to the first coat to thicken it up?

woodbutcher_2 · 29 May 2008 at 4:31PM

1000 or 1200 guage lining paper does the trick and is cheap.Also use a flat emulsion,not vynil.

steveo3002 · 29 May 2008 at 4:32PM

thanks...didnt want to use paper if possible

emg · 29 May 2008 at 6:09PM

I recently used the polycell basecoat stuff - it's like a mixture of paint and polyfilla and did a reasonable job of covering hairline cracks.

http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/polycell_basecoat_complete.html

the_devil_made_me_do_it · 2 June 2008 at 11:51PM

emg wrote: »

I recently used the polycell basecoat stuff - it's like a mixture of paint and polyfilla and did a reasonable job of covering hairline cracks.

http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/polycell_basecoat_complete.html

is this very expensive?

best diy way to disguise a non perfect wall ready for emulsion?

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