Painting a Wall

[Charlie Brown]

Hi

I have just stripped off old wallpaper back to the lining paper, and I want to apply emulsion paint. There is some glue residue left on the wall surface that is very difficult to remove. will I be able to paint straight over the top OK?

Charlie Brown

[Phil Anthropist]

You could try painting a small test area of glue residue and see what it looks like the next day. Either the paint will dry to a nice finish or the paint will dissolve some of the old adhesive and dry out to an uneven bubbled-up finish. If the adhesive does dissolve it will be even harder to remove it once it has a coat of emulsion on it.

[Charlie Brown]

Phil

Thats a good idea - see how I get on

Thanks

Charlie