re-doing previously wallpapered walls

debiasio

I took down wallpaper in one of my bedrooms and there is a ton of glue leftover on the walls, as well as some cracking. I'd like to re-do the walls before painting. Is it better to re-do the walls using durabond+joint compound or does a bonding agent+plaster veneer fare better? I have heard that joint compound is more forgiving, and there is less cracking. Thanks

The walls are rock lath.

ToolSeeker

First forget the dura bond. Seal the walls with a sealer primer called Gardz. Then there is a new product out called fibraFuse not to be confused with Fibra Tape it comes in 36" wide rolls cover the wall with this then skim coat with the lite or ultra lite joint compound, sand, prime, paint. you can find the Fibra Fuse at all wall.com.

joecaption

BUt that glue on the wall needs to go first.

ToolSeeker

GLUE??? chris is going to whup you with a wet noodle.

chrisn

Glue, did I hear GLUE?
The PASTE residue needs to be removed before you proceed with whatever you are going to do.

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

ToolSeeker

Sorry Joe tried to warn you.

debiasio

thanks for the tips. decided to leave the glue up and put a skim coat of veneer plaster over the wall. after they were sanded they looked great

chrisn

good luck with that
it could be years but I have seen that ADHESIVE ruin such a job
unless you applied inches of plaster over it.( the PASTE)

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.