What do I need to do before painting after removing wallpaper?
Friday, November 20th, 2009 at
7:26 pm
First, there was only a single layer of wallpaper that was on the wall and the wall is bare. It appears to have been primed (I think thats the term for it?) but there are some areas where you can really see the green board well. Besides washing all of the residual wallpaper glue off, spackling areas that were damaged in the removal, and priming… is there something else I should be doing? Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Tagged with: glue • priming • single layer • wallpaper
Filed under: Wall Covering
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Based on what you said I will assume- —
That you washed the wall with DIF or a similar product to remove all glue residue.
Then you rinsed the wall and washed it with a mild soap (TSP or Silex both work well).
Patched all holes and sanded them.
You could put another coat of primer on your bathroom walls but if you use a good quality paint and use two coats the primer is not necessary. I have never found a true one coat paint no matter what the can or salesman says. To get the true color you need 2 coats. Don’t buy cheap paint if you want it to last and be scrubable.
lightly rub down the enire wall with sandpaper, the wipe them down again with a damp rag that you clean often, let dry and ready for paint. I recomend getting a good quality paint from a paint store. Most people don’t understand the grades of paint.
I had to add this for Cheesyhill, Benjamin Moores Aura is an awsome 1 coat paint in many, many applications.
sounds like u got a handle on it….just some sanding
What you should do to the wall is seal it. Most people confuse the terms primer and sealer. A primer is used when a surface is too glossy or shiny; the paint does not want to adhere. But a sealer is used when you want to keep other things from bleeding through your newly applied paint.
A good sealer is PVA. You can find it at any and all places that sell paint.
Good luck, and wear old clothes!
i suggest buy flat eggshell paint because it is thick enough to cover all of the bumps and marks stuff like that