Woodchip paper - what colour?
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
we're still deciding whether to strip the woodchip. However, it's been up there so long we're worried we'll end up pulling a load of plaster away at the same time.
B/f has suggested wallpapering over, but you'd need really thick stuff to go over wouldn't you and then you'd still have to paint it unless it was textured stuff, not to mention the extra cost
B/f has suggested wallpapering over, but you'd need really thick stuff to go over wouldn't you and then you'd still have to paint it unless it was textured stuff, not to mention the extra cost
teuchter
je suis teuchter
we're still deciding whether to strip the woodchip. However, it's been up there so long we're worried we'll end up pulling a load of plaster away at the same time.
B/f has suggested wallpapering over, but you'd need really thick stuff to go over wouldn't you and then you'd still have to paint it unless it was textured stuff, not to mention the extra cost
I think if you wallpapered over it would be a disaster. Either stick with it and paint it or strip it off and be prepared for that turning into a bigger job than you bargained for.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
that's what I keep trying to tell b/f
I think we're going to try one wall to see just to see what condition it's in and whether it's going to be a mammoth task
Will it look incredibly stupid though with one odd wall?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I'm totally confused! Is your room a pentadecagon?
Perhaps her house was built by drunk people.
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
She lives in that dome that was at the end of the Crystal Maze.
I'm pretty sure that wasn't covered in woodchip
Maybe it happened after Richard O'Brien left, I wouldn't be surprised, it was never the same after that.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
I'm totally confused! Is your room a pentadecagon?
Nah, she's mentioned bay windows so there's an extra (up to)3 walls. If there's two bay windows that's 6!
Our living room has an alcove either side of the fire so there's 8 bits of wall to paint.
Leave the woodchip Minnie, unless you have a steam stripper to use. It's a nightmare getting that bloody stuff off.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Another vote for just painting over the woodchip. Anything else will reduce you to tears.
Well, even more tears than painting the woodchip will...
Try the Dulux Paint Pod. King Biscuit Time might have one he doesn't want any more.
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=283362&highlight=Inventions
Well, even more tears than painting the woodchip will...
Try the Dulux Paint Pod. King Biscuit Time might have one he doesn't want any more.
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=283362&highlight=Inventions
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Have two recessed windows, also have a bedroom room going off the living room which is recessed and then there's the fireplace. Then there's also a supporting beam/pier in the middle of one of the walls.
Have started stripping and it's coming off wonderfully. Friend came round and said all the glue underneath had basically died (well he used another word but I can't remember what it was). We're just pulling off literally from skirting board to ceiling. There are really difficult areas though, mainly round the skirting, besides doorways, going round pipes etc. Having to use the steamer for those bits but otherwise, no need for the steamer.
only one small piece of plaster (about the size of a 10p) has fallen out of the wall.
Due to me arms being too knackered to stretch to the ceiling to use a stanley knife, am also pulling off bits of paint that I painted on the ceiling yesterday but that can be touched up at a later date.
Anyway, room looks almost the same as the woodchip was yellow, and so's the wall underneath
Still no nearer to deciding what colour to paint it though
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
What teuchter says...
i.e. buy a "matt" emulsion, not a "silk" emulsion paint. It is marginally less easy to wipe clean, but the sticky out bits of the woodchip will be a hell of a lot less conspicuous whatever colour you settle on.
ETA Oops, see you have managed to strip it after all, but teuchters was good advice anyway.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I know, was near to keeping it after taking down a couple of pictures and realising that although the walls were done with vinyl silk, it had dulled underneath and wasn't nearly as noticeable
Too late now though
