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drywall cruel_girl 06-20-2007
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Posted by Rudy on June 21, 2007, 2:50 am


> Before you hire a pro grab a pole sander and some sand paper and see if
> you can sand it off. In most cases paint doesn't sand off very well
> though.

And start with at least 80 grit paper..Dont use a BIGGER number til you get
the paint layer off.



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Posted by cruel_girl via HomeKB.com on June 21, 2007, 3:18 am
Rudy wrote:
>> Before you hire a pro grab a pole sander and some sand paper and see if
>> you can sand it off. In most cases paint doesn't sand off very well
>> though.
>
>And start with at least 80 grit paper..Dont use a BIGGER number til you get
>the paint layer off.


Thank you all for your information!!!! At this time I am unsure if I will or
will not contact a contractor. Once again thank you for your time and
knowledge!!

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Posted by on June 21, 2007, 10:22 am
Others are mentioning sanding, I would first look into how old the
house is.
If its old, chances are they used lead based paint. Not exactly the
greatest thing to have the kiddies breath in when sanding.


As for what to do about the walls? You can knock down the the high
spots and
re spackle those areas smooth. Others would use 1/4" drywall and
just
put it right over the existing stuff. Do demo work in that one, just
need to
get new moldings etc.




> ok, so every wall in my house has sssoooo much texture it horrible. it looks
> like some one took a paint brush and just went crazy splattering paint every
> where. would it be cheaper to sand down every wall till it is smooth or just
> replace? and what is the price of drywall, also would it be better to
> contract some one out to do it, that way i know its done correctly (price?)???



Posted by Crabshell on June 26, 2007, 2:56 pm

> ok, so every wall in my house has sssoooo much texture it horrible. it
> looks like some one took a paint brush and just went crazy splattering
> paint every where. would it be cheaper to sand down every wall till it
> is smooth or just replace? and what is the price of drywall, also
> would it be better to contract some one out to do it, that way i know
> its done correctly (price?)???
>
>

I had a similar problem with a ceiling that looked like cottage cheese --
like popcorn gone bad. A contractor scraped the ceiling with a wide putty
knife, spread 2 layers of drywall joint compound over the ceiling, and
textured the ceiling in a final step -- all in 1/2 day. I could have done
it myself in retrospect but it's really hard to work on the ceiling due to
the constant reaching up. You could try and do a section of wall yourslf
and see how it turns out.

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