mathew Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 got a queary. the walls in the house that im renovating are all skimmed. the finish on them isnt brilliant but good enough to wallpaper on. the problem is i dont want wall paper. so i was thinking of having all the walls skimmed to a better standard to paint. so my question is is it possible to skim straight on top of the existing stuff or do the walls need to be prepped a certain way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 should be able to just skim a top coat right on mate. wouldn't do it yourself though obviously, pro job only in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 should be able to just skim a top coat right on mate. wouldn't do it yourself though obviously, pro job only in my eyes. defo not doing it myself!! i was thinking that if there was any prep work as such then i could possibley get that done this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 they will just pva it and skim on top i would have thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannypunto Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 funny u should say this, just been in the same situation my self, plasterer came, and to get a good key on the wall we mixed , sand, pva and water in a bucket then painted all the walls, left to dry over night and then came bk and skimmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 funny u should say this, just been in the same situation my self, plasterer came, and to get a good key on the wall we mixed , sand, pva and water in a bucket then painted all the walls, left to dry over night and then came bk and skimmed. thats excactly what i wanted to hear! a handyman in work mentioned this but i thought he was pulling my plonker.seems like it works though:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraD06 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 if you just uni-bond the walls ( pva ) then it will be fine, the pva will give te next coat something to stick to other wise the new plaster will dry out and crack. on the other hand you could buy some lining paper thats for painting on, thats what we did when we painted the bedrooms, it smoothes over any inperfections in the wall like cracks and minor bumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannypunto Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 pva glueing the wall is fine and wil prob do the job, pva mixed with sand and water will be alot better for the new coat to stick to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjones Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 just use lining paper then you can paint on that save your pennies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Yeah just pva it, (as mentioned mix it down with water not neat - that would be amusing!) not sure how much it would save off your bill though, that's not the expensive bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Yeah just pva it, (as mentioned mix it down with water not neat - that would be amusing!) not sure how much it would save off your bill though, that's not the expensive bit if anything its just to keep me busy over the next week aswell as saving costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 If you've got time to kill... practice plastering Then it's not expensive at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 If you've got time to kill... practice plastering Then it's not expensive at all thats one regret i have. i done a bricklaying apprenticeship many moons ago and was thinking about doing an evening class then, really sorry i didnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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