ᐅ Wallpapering work with painter’s fleece

Hello community, I have a question...
We are currently building a house and are in the final stages. Now it’s about the wall finishing. We plan to cover all walls with smooth paint-grade wallpaper and paint over it twice in white. Upstairs, the ceiling was installed with drywall and has been skim-coated. Now I was told that I could skip the paint-grade wallpaper on the drywall ceiling and that just painting would be sufficient.

What do you think? Can I honestly skip the tedious work? I would be very grateful for any tips!

Best regards

KarstenKlein schrieb:
The ceiling on the upper floor was constructed using drywall and then skim-coated.

What quality level was the skim coat applied to? Is it Q3 or Q4?
And is that smooth enough? Even under grazing light?

It really depends on your own standards. It's not absolutely necessary.

KarstenKlein schrieb:
We plan to cover all walls with smooth paintable fibrous wallpaper and paint them twice with white paint.

Don’t forget to apply a primer before putting up the fibrous wallpaper.

Walls and ceilings are finished with Q2 level plastering. However, I spent two days smoothing the walls and ceilings with a long-reach sander and fine grit sandpaper.

Thanks for the tip about the primer. I have already taken that into consideration.

For a drywall ceiling, Knauf joint tape called “Fugenband Kurt” is applied to the joints—that’s the actual product name. It is embedded in the wet joint compound during the taping process. This prevents cracking in the joint areas. For wall connections, masking tape (like Tesakrepp) is applied to the wall, then joint compound is applied up to the tape. Afterward, the tape is removed, creating a deliberate gap. You can either leave this gap as is or seal it with acrylic—it’s a matter of preference.

A wall finished to Q2 level can, but does not have to, be covered with fleece. This depends on the desired finish quality. Primer always needs to be applied. There are gel-like primers available that can be rolled on rather than brushed, making the process quicker and cleaner. Karsten

Thanks for the tips! I will probably cover the ceiling with painter’s fleece as well. Then it will be a complete solution. In the small storage room, I will try it without first. Let’s see how it looks.

Leave out a secondary room, like the utility room, for example. Then you can see if that works well enough for you. Karsten