November 22, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
How do I get rid of a really bad textured plaster on my bedroom walls?
Should I try and smooth it out with more plaster over it (seems to be a bad Venetian plaster job) or sand it down until it’s smooth?
Start with all purpose joint compound, spread a coat thick enough to cover most of the texture for first coat. Then re-coat again, you may want to do a little bit of sanding first, but it is not necessary to do a lot. Apply another coat of joint compound, dragging this one a little tighter than the other two. If it isn’t as smooth as you would like, do another skim coat. Then sand. Often these projects take four coats and some touch up. But all you hvve to do is keep coating, soon it will be smooth.
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Posted by regerugged
February 10, 2010 @ 7:41 pm
Either tear it out completely or put drywall over it and finish the drywall.
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Posted by a c
February 10, 2010 @ 8:05 pm
i would plaster over it, it is probally the cheapest and quickest option and it shoukd be effective
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Posted by lyobov
February 10, 2010 @ 8:48 pm
If it’s not too thick, try sanding. Get a power sander if ya don’t have one, much easier. If it doesn’t come out, new sheetrock would be the best bet. Plastering over wouldn’t be worth it.
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Posted by F T
February 10, 2010 @ 9:29 pm
There are different ways to do it. 1. easiest way is to sand the walls. 2. re-do the plaster. 3. change the whole sheet rock.
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Posted by sharmel
February 10, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
I’d say you would need to get a proper sander for this job, and smooth the old stuff off. Then you can prep the wall again for whatever kind of surface you want; flat (untextured)paint finish, plain color or using one of the many finishing techniques that are available now; or you can re-do the walls in a new textured plaster finish before you go over it with your chosen color.
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Posted by WarEagle!
February 10, 2010 @ 10:13 pm
You want to take extreme caution when removing plaster, especially old plaster that has been known to contain asbestos and lead.
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Posted by duaneb_59
February 10, 2010 @ 10:30 pm
Start with all purpose joint compound, spread a coat thick enough to cover most of the texture for first coat. Then re-coat again, you may want to do a little bit of sanding first, but it is not necessary to do a lot. Apply another coat of joint compound, dragging this one a little tighter than the other two. If it isn’t as smooth as you would like, do another skim coat. Then sand. Often these projects take four coats and some touch up. But all you hvve to do is keep coating, soon it will be smooth.
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Drywall and paint contractor for over 30 years.
Posted by Rob
February 10, 2010 @ 11:01 pm
I’m with duaneb_59 – skim coat until you get the smoothness you wish.
It will take some practice but error on the light side rather than the too thick side – it will be much easiser to add additional compound in subsequent coats than sand if you’ve used too much!
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