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cork wall tiles finally removed - what to do next?
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In my kitchen when I moved in, the walls were covered in awful brown and red cork tiles. After a lot of elbow grease, patience and with great difficulty, I managed to remove them; however left behind is the thick mustard coloured adhesive (not on all of the walls)
firstly, how can I remove the adhesive without damaging the plasterboard?
secondly, what do I do next? can I just cover the walls in thick lining paper and then paint/decorate as normal or will I have to replace all of the plasterboard?
funds are tight so a relatively inexpensive and hopefully fairly easy way to make my kitchen look fab would be great if anyone can offer any advice??
thank you in advance
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firstly, how can I remove the adhesive without damaging the plasterboard?
secondly, what do I do next? can I just cover the walls in thick lining paper and then paint/decorate as normal or will I have to replace all of the plasterboard?
funds are tight so a relatively inexpensive and hopefully fairly easy way to make my kitchen look fab would be great if anyone can offer any advice??
thank you in advance
x
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Thanks Chuck....... ....
Ok InvisibleLL .......... similar name to someone else :o)
Right. The agent's right in my experience. It's a balance between presenting a "tidy" property, so they have nothing to complain about, but not doing too much. A new buyer would only rip it all out again.
For selling ............ . new plasterboard , not at all...
Ok InvisibleLL .......... similar name to someone else :o)
Right. The agent's right in my experience. It's a balance between presenting a "tidy" property, so they have nothing to complain about, but not doing too much. A new buyer would only rip it all out again.
For selling ............
14:47 Fri 28th Jan 2011
Thanks Chuck...........
Ok InvisibleLL .......... similar name to someone else :o)
Right. The agent's right in my experience. It's a balance between presenting a "tidy" property, so they have nothing to complain about, but not doing too much. A new buyer would only rip it all out again.
For selling ............. new plasterboard, not at all expensive, stick it with the right adhesive. It's called "dot and dab".
For a perfect job, have it skimmed (plaster).
For you .......... just joint it. The professional way is with a trowel and sponge finish. For a DIY job ............. just polyfilla the joints, sand down and paint to finish.
Take your time .......... you can do it :o)))
Ok InvisibleLL .......... similar name to someone else :o)
Right. The agent's right in my experience. It's a balance between presenting a "tidy" property, so they have nothing to complain about, but not doing too much. A new buyer would only rip it all out again.
For selling ............. new plasterboard, not at all expensive, stick it with the right adhesive. It's called "dot and dab".
For a perfect job, have it skimmed (plaster).
For you .......... just joint it. The professional way is with a trowel and sponge finish. For a DIY job ............. just polyfilla the joints, sand down and paint to finish.
Take your time .......... you can do it :o)))
i think the other invisible must have made quite an impression - I wonder what they did? Im definitely a new one!
Thank you very much for the last reply especially, its been very helpful. I shall take your advice. As we will be selling, I will take the selling option.
I cant wait to get started now!
Thank you very much for the last reply especially, its been very helpful. I shall take your advice. As we will be selling, I will take the selling option.
I cant wait to get started now!
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