We’ve just bought a house and are stripping wallpaper to paint. In one room, we have all the wallpaper and lining paper stripped from one wall. It was horrific to strip and some parts had two layers of lining paper. We’re left with a wall that’s very poor. Down to plaster on some parts, other parts with one coat of paint (probably an old mist coat) but this is very flakey and the parts that aren’t flaking have a cracked eggshell appearance to them. There’s still lining paper on three walls, in good condition bar a few corners. It has kind of a furry texture after the wallpaper has been stripped from it. Wallpaper was stripped by hand just and lining paper didn’t get wet during this part. Someone has told me we should just leave the exisiting lining paper up on the three walls and paint over. Is this possible? And if so what sort of prep should we be doing? If we have to strip all the lining paper, assuming all the walls are as bad as the first, what is the best way to prep for painting. We can’t afford a plastering/skimming.
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Dear n308 ,
Stripping lining paper sometimes is a dream when it comes off in large strips and other times a nightmare. In this case I would strip the rest of the lining paper off the best way is to just wet it then leave it for 10 mins then wet it again and scrape it off.
Next stage is to use a filler like easyfill 60 or somthing similar and fill all the imperfections and try not to leave the filler too proud you want it flat as possible then let it fully dry and sand it down with a 150-180 grit paper the next day.
If the walls look ok then mist coat it completely white and then again a second round of filling and caulking.
If the walls are really really bad then it will need to be lined again with a 2000 grade paper but, make sure you seal the walls first with a diluted PVA mix with water once this is dry then you can start to do the cross-line the walls ready for painting.
All the best.
Answered12 January 2023
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Anonymous user
You have to remove the old wallpaper and paint down to the plaster. If the walls are suitable for painting, it is necessary to prime them first, then you can fill in the gaps and paint. If the walls are not suitable for painting and you can't afford new plaster. I suggest wallpapering the walls with wallpaper to paint or whatever suits you. Regards
Lining paper is usually there for a reason, to help smooth out uneven surfaces & can be painted or wallpapered over.
For the now stripped wall, if its lumpy & bumpy then consider having it re-skimmed or patch with some Deep Gap Filler & then re-line.
If its an exterior wall then go one stage further & apply WallRock Thermal Liner (its a fabric 2-3mm thick) then line with WallRock Fibre Liner (extra wide available so less seams) then 2/3 coats of paint. A little more work but will help keep heating costs down.
Best o luck, Paul from Leamington.
Answered14 January 2023
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Anonymous user
Of course you can paint over old or new wallpaper but is importent that wall paper to not be damaged etc . Normally
you can not reapir wallpaper using easy filler 60mins or whatever as it will not match never the same design with wallpaper as it has patterns and filler patches will come flat . To stripp off wallpaper sometimes can do damages on wall of course and it's mor worthy to replaster the walls rather then try to make it good with ease filler as will waste more money and propably will not be so good as it should anyway.
- So in short way the correct question is YES YOU CAN PAINT ON TOP OF WALLPAPER IF IS IN GOOD CONDITIONS.
