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Posted by Colbyt on December 9, 2006, 2:58 pm
>I live in an 80 year old house with plaster walls. The majority of
> walls/ceiling are covered in wall paper with coats of paint on them.
> Hence, I am getting cracks, bubbling, areas which are pulling away from
> the wall..
>
> What's the chances of the wall paper covering up a problem of old worn
> plaster?
>
> a friend of mine told me the best thing to do is to cut out the
> bubbles, and spackle over them, and repaint. Would you say this is the
> thing to do? If I remove all the wall paper, I am afraid of just have
> cracking, chipped walls, hence the reason for all the wall paper. I
> remember my grandfather put up wallpaper in his house in the 50's for
> this very reason. Isn't there a way to refinish the surface of plaster
> (that I will probably I have to hire someone for..)
>
You may be very pleasantly surprised. Of course they will always be some
cracks to repair. Unless there has been water damage most of the surface
will most likely be sound. Twenty some years ago we stripped the paper from
the walls of a house built in 1923 to find never painted plaster under the
paper.
Drywall mud works very well for patching plaster. Add tape for cracks and
feather it out. If you do find a bad wall the entire surface can be skim
coated with mud and finished to look like new.
Colbyt
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