Removing wallpaper to plaster -(skim) - query on remnant glue

Jan 20, 2007 1 Replies

Hi,



I have started to remove wallpaper from much of the house that has had many coats of paint of the years - it's a very slow process and a real pain! Some walls have that wood chip style paper over it.



Thing is, although there are small scattered sections of plaster (white) most of the walls that have been cleared have what I guess is remaining wallpaper glue or staining, but mostly some small blotchy patches (brown colouring) all over the walls.



Is is ok to pva over the whole lot and skim - or do you have to get all the brown stuff off or seal it in some way?


Wouldn;t think you need to PVA actually. If you are skimming, just skim and leave..any nasty stains will appear within a few days, and you can stabilise those with something like PVA if you like.

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