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I can see the plaster through the wallpaper
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.51 PM
I have several walls / rooms skimmed and dry, ready to paper. I sized one wall twice letting it all dry out correctly. I then hung my Laura Ashley wallpaper, now still a week later I can see the light patterns of pink shading from the new plastering underneath. Before I do any more rooms should I mist coat the walls with a couple of layers of matt white first, then size, then wallpaper instead of just sizing?? To help get rid of the colour inconsistencies underneath Help please...!!
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Anonymous user
you have to use lined paper
Answered18 August 2017
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Timothy David Interiors
Rating: 5 out of 5
Lining paper or mist coating white will work. It's unfortunate that you have had this problem. I've hung a few Laura Ashley papers and haven't come across this. If it is a non-woven paper (paste the wall) then there is transparency in the paper, with those papers I always line first or coat white.
Answered19 August 2017
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The Painter's Brush
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
I would miss coat it with a white emulsion,let it dry it naturally then I would coat it again if the pink still grins through paint then let it dry again and then seal the wall and then paper 👍
Answered19 August 2017
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