Removing emussion

[Andrew Chesters]

Fonts Of All Knowlege,

The Numptie that had my place before me has painted the bathroom ceiling without cleaning it properly. I painted over his paint (having sugar soaped it) and both these layers are now peeling. Needless to say, its not ALL falling off, just some of it.

So I'm trying to scrape it. Any trick to make this easier? I've got a long handle scraper with the dead sharp, replacable blades, but even then its no fun.

I don't want to paper, a) it's a b@stard job, & b) there's a better than fair chance it would come straight down.

Andrew

[Rob Morley]

Steaming might soften it.

[Mike]

Heat gun at full blast.

[Rob Morley]

Nasty fumes, might blow the plaster, might not remove the paint, but worth a try :-)

[Christian McArdle]

Steam is effective on emulsion.

Christian.

[Andrew Chesters]

For the reasons above I'd already decided against that idea, but ta anyway!

[Andrew Chesters]

I'll try a gentle steam when I next feel strong enough to do some more. I don't want to get more than the two layers off, and the next layer down seems sound, so I'll take it gently.

Watch this space...