Hello everyone,
I am moving into a newly built rental apartment at the end of the year and still need to wallpaper. Hiring someone is not an option. The plaster is Q2 level, so I would like to cover the walls with painter’s fleece and then paint them white (with emulsion paint). I have done this before and it shouldn’t be a problem.
One question I have now is what to do with the ceiling. Since I am not a professional, I would prefer not to wallpaper the ceiling with painter’s fleece. I have tried that in the past, and I didn’t like the result, plus it was quite a lot of work...
Therefore, I wanted to treat the ceiling with white lime paint. Since I have never worked with lime paint before, I have a few questions:
- A primer is not necessary when using lime paint, right?
- Do I need to pay attention to anything at the junction between wall and ceiling (i.e., fleece/emulsion paint -> lime paint)? Would you use acrylic everywhere here, or can it also look neat without it?
- As a non-professional, is there anything else I should consider?
I appreciate all tips and am also open to alternative ideas 🙂
I am moving into a newly built rental apartment at the end of the year and still need to wallpaper. Hiring someone is not an option. The plaster is Q2 level, so I would like to cover the walls with painter’s fleece and then paint them white (with emulsion paint). I have done this before and it shouldn’t be a problem.
One question I have now is what to do with the ceiling. Since I am not a professional, I would prefer not to wallpaper the ceiling with painter’s fleece. I have tried that in the past, and I didn’t like the result, plus it was quite a lot of work...
Therefore, I wanted to treat the ceiling with white lime paint. Since I have never worked with lime paint before, I have a few questions:
- A primer is not necessary when using lime paint, right?
- Do I need to pay attention to anything at the junction between wall and ceiling (i.e., fleece/emulsion paint -> lime paint)? Would you use acrylic everywhere here, or can it also look neat without it?
- As a non-professional, is there anything else I should consider?
I appreciate all tips and am also open to alternative ideas 🙂
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pagoni202019 Aug 2021 12:31driver55 schrieb:
It’s like with many things: if you don’t do it right the first time (or have it done properly), you end up doing it twice or even more.
Our “timber frame cabin” was fully lined with drywall in 2009 (just simple 9.5 mm (3/8 inch) gypsum board). Joint tape was applied to all wall and ceiling seams, and everything was carefully filled and smoothed.
Then the homeowner took over.
On our wedding day, we painted the entire house (ground floor/upper floor) with primer together. 😀
We mixed various wall and ceiling finishes. From classic textured wallpaper, to non-woven wallpaper, “designer smooth skim coat” (7 layers), cotton plaster (which the homeowner could easily apply himself with a smoothing trowel), all the way to Decoperl (paint mixed with styrofoam beads) — everything is there.
Cracks, whether on ceilings, walls, or joints, have been completely absent even after 12 years. This means that with both wallpaper/non-woven materials as well as various plasters and fillers, you have no cracks.
Would that imply, conversely, that non-woven wallpaper was not used everywhere for crack prevention and yet there were still no cracks?
There probably isn’t a strictly right or wrong answer in this case.
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pagoni202020 Aug 2021 19:48ypg schrieb:
Cracks form along the joint edges between the solid exterior wall and the wall/ceiling area.
It should be noted: cracking is not caused by the paint 😉 It’s just more visible. But it is expected to appear eventually with fleece as well.
I don’t really find the cracks problematic. You can just fill them with acrylic after about 5 years (before repainting anyway). What definitely bothered me at first were the almost subtle (to me visible) panel joints visible in raking light (from windows) and, here and there, a filled screw. Do you have fleece applied to the drywall panels or without?
We installed drywall, filled the joints, and applied joint tape to prevent cracks. We only painted, and since September 2017 there have been no issues—no cracks on the surface. The edges have been concealed with styrofoam molding strips, which also works without any problems.
pagoni2020 schrieb:
Did you put fleece on the gypsum boards or not? We have no fleece, no wallpaper.
In the meantime, the corners have been re-spackled and painted by ourselves.
I would definitely do the straight walls the same way again. Roof slopes, which are illuminated from the side through windows, probably benefit from fleece and similar materials.
pagoni2020 schrieb:
that fleece was not used everywhere for crack prevention in your caseThe non-woven wallpaper was not used for crack prevention, but as a wallpaper.The key factor is the preparation work for the wall coating.
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