Painting & Decorating

Stripping old paint off a wall before painting

Anonymous user 9 March 2024 - 3.31 PM

Would really appreciate some advice. I have steamed and stripped off an old 1970s wallpaper and the paper liner and what's left underneath is old paint peeling off across all areas of the wall. There are some fine line cracks to some parts of the wall that has been filled years back but all walls appear to have old paint remaining on it and looks a state. Is it best to get an electric sander and sand off the old paint then polyfil the dents and cracks or scrape as much as I can and use a peel stop paint as I've seen online? Just losing sleep from uncovering alot of problems from an old council house I've semi moved in (it's in a rut that it's not livable atm) and finding the fixtures is not what I budgeted enough for and would like to fix as much as I can that's doable. I be thankful for any advice.