Am refurbishing a bedroom, on removing a built in wardrobe I found that the internal sides were the actual wall gloss painted. Of course large areas of the paint are peeling, others are securely attached. How is the best way to deal with this please? The final finish will almost certainly be lined wall paper.
A sharp scraper, gloss comes off easy on plaster.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Why bother taking it off? I would recommend a quick rub down and paper straight over it.
me too, especially if I was using vinyl
Thanks Folks, I'll try the scraper first, if that is too laborious then I'll go for the second option. I was just worried that it might come loose at a later date and spoil the papering. Not vinyl though, we all have our likes and dislikes, my dislike is vinyl.
When I found gloss behind crap vinyl in my last house I got most off by gentle scoring, then wetting. The gloss peeled up at the scores enabling it to scraped off easily. A steam wallpaper stripper was very effective as well.
When done, filled any deep damage, sanded down, lined and papered.
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