Painting old lining paper

Sep 12, 2011 4 Replies
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My wife wants to get some decorators in to repaint the bedroom. The room has (previously painted) lining paper which in some areas has lifted slightly at the joins / bottom of the skirting board. There are even some parts where the lining paper rolls overlap slightly. What should I reasonably be expecting a painter/decorator to do here?



One guy said he would trim the paper away with a blade and fill. Others, I'm sure, would just leave and repaint. The house is about



100 years old so I know I shouldn't want/expect a perfect finish to every surface.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.



Regards



Charlie


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If it is nice and dry, you might manage to sand the excess of the overlap down.

I have done that a few times where the awkwardness of getting a good join made it easier to allow the overlap, let it dry, and sand.

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Overlapping and using a rolling cutter, then removing the cut-offs while wet is easier still.

SteveW

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Sure, any idea what is reasonable to expect a professional painter/ decorator to do in this sort of situation.

It's just that I know posters here usually go the extra mile to do jobs properly :-)

Charlie

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I'd probably stick the edges back down, and use filler to disappear anything noticeable. You takes your choice, pays your money.

NT

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