Old plaster walls are more temperamental than drywall so you have to put a little more elbow grease into the preparation work before you paint.
Can You Paint Old Plaster Walls. I have removed the wallpaper and cleaned the walls. Preparing plastered walls for painting.
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I'd be doing 2 coats of paint for certain. Recently i noticed that the paint is separating from the plaster, and in some spots can be peeled off like wallpaper, leaving bare plaster. Both the setting type compounds and the patching plasters can be finished with a sponge as they harden.
With a professional plasterer, you can rest easy knowing that the plaster will be smoothly applied and that it will adhere correctly when applied over paint.
The wallpaper is starting to come off in places and i want to take it all down and paint the walls. Fill the hole with plaster compound and sand the surrounding paint to roughen it up. This guide is about painting plaster walls. Can i use a water based primer or should i use.
