ᐅ Lime-cement plaster – sandable and suitable for non-woven wallpaper?

Lime-cement plaster has many advantages, but its surface texture is generally rougher.

This is usually fine, but there are some walls where I would prefer a smooth finish.

Can I sand the plaster and then apply a non-woven wallpaper on top? Or do I actually need to re-plaster those walls with gypsum or something similar to achieve a smooth surface?

Looking forward to hearing about your experiences!

Do you plan to use plaster throughout the entire house or only in the bathrooms? I ask because you mentioned non-woven wallpapers.

If you want a fine texture, you could apply a thin layer of Hagalith plaster.
For a coarser texture, you can use SM700 pro.
Both options require a lot of work. We used Hagalith in the shower bathroom, which was quite nerve-wracking.
A professional applied the SM700 pro in the main bathroom for us.

I find gypsum plaster suitable for the other rooms. It can be easily covered with wallpaper without much rework.

However, I advise caution when buying non-woven wallpapers.
Only the really high-end ones are vapor-permeable! With residual moisture and non-woven wallpaper from a hardware store, the paste might mold because residual moisture in the walls cannot escape.
From my own experience (which I have described in detail in the other thread), I therefore recommend paper wallpapers.

They are affordable, good quality, and easy to hang.

Plaster is used throughout the entire house.

I still need to decide if I want a completely smooth finish – it can look quite striking with the indirect lighting we have a lot of.

Thanks for the tip about the wallpaper.

I really like the rough structure we have in our bathroom. I can well imagine having this structure partly in other rooms as well.

Lexmaul79 schrieb:

Thanks for the tip about the wallpaper.