Drywall and Plaster Repair Questions

Drywall and Plaster Repair Questions

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• Textured Wall into Smooth Wall; is it possible?? - I have textured walls, and want to know how I can smooth them down. I was told 3 different options and would like to figure out the best one before I start. I was told to; 1) Soak the walls with water and get a scraper. 2) Get a power sander...
• Drywall tape bubbling. - I have two edges where the drywall tape has bubbled and caused the paint to crack. How do I fix it? Do I cut out the section of the drywall tape that has bubbled or lifted, then texture, sand and paint?
• How to prepare oil based primer for fresh drywall. - We have oil based painted kitchen area and want to put new drywall skip onto it. Some say sand off until shinny is gone, some say tsp only - it etches enough, and some say sand lightly and prime then texture and prime again. Please help me. I ...
• How can I fix the outside corners of my walls? - The corners of my walls have metal on them & the paint chips off. I know you can buy guards to cover the corners but I don't want to do that on all of them. Is there some way to cover this metal so the paint will adhere? Spackling doesn't seem to ...
• Ideal Temp for Drywall Mud - Is there an ideal interior temp before we tape and mud the drywall? Thanks
• painting over peeled sheetrock paper. - Our house had wallpaper in the entryway that had been painted over. When we tried to take it off it peeled the top layer of paper off of the sheetrock so that now there is only a thin brown paper layer over the sheetrock core. Question: Can I ...
• Priming the Ceiling Before Texture - What do you mean when you say prime a ceiling before texturing? Do you mean paint the ceiling with a primer before using mud for stomping?
• Wall board paper tear. - While removing my wallpaper some of the paper from the wall board tore off. There is one place where the paper is completely gone but most places still have paper but the exterior smooth part of the paper is gone. What should I do to prep these ...
• What's next after removing popcorn ceiling? - When removing popcorn ceiling what is next before painting?
• Drywall Tape Over Mud - What is the purpose of putting tape over the mud?
• Oil based primer or Latex primer? - Renovated the entire 2nd floor of my home and need to know what primer to use on freshly skim coated sheetrock. Oil or latex?
• Joint compound for texturing. - I was told I could use joint compound for a texture over a sanded down texture which I did and it looks okay. I put it over a sanded surface washed with TSP and sanded. There was no other prep. Have I gotten myself into a mess by taking this ad...
• Painting/wall material issue - I am in need of some help! I live in an older home that was poorly renovated...I would like to paint my walls. To do so I started to prep them (clean/sand/scrape flaking paint/spackle small cracks). While scraping some of the flaking areas I not...
• Moisture Damage - Peeling Texture - I had severe water and moisture damage a few years ago (it happend in January upstate NY). The textured ceiling began to crack and peel recently. Do you think it was because the ceiling was not properly repaired from all the moisture? (the water w...
• Hiding a mud line... - I took down some wanes coating and there was a visible line from prior painting. I was told to spread some drywall mud over the line, let it dry and sand it down. I sprayed texture over the mud line to try and match our existing wall. I painted tw...
• Orange Peel Paint - I want to apply orange peel texture to my hallway ceiling. How do I apply it manually?
• Remove Damaged Drywall - Please advise the best way to remove a 8 x 10 piece of damaged drywall. I want to somehow remove this piece and replace it.
• Dry wall joint compound bubbles. - Air bubbles in compound?
• How long should I wait before painting after applying a light knockdown texture to my walls? - How long should i wait before painting after applying a light knockdown texture to my walls? Walls have a semigloss paint on them.
• Seam bubbles in drywall. - Our ceiling seams in a bonus room have bubbled out after being fixed five times thus far in two years (new construction). The builder is at a loss as to the cause. What is going on?
• Stomp Texture - What's the technique to putting in on a wall? Any posted pictures of exactly how it is applied to the surface?
• Drywall finish coat over paint. - Can you apply a drywall finish coat over latex paint?
• Top Layer of Drywall Paper is Peeling Off - When taking off corner wood trim the paint and top of drywall paper is coming off. How can we fix this without costing too much? The area is about 4 inches by 3 feet.
• Painting walls that have been skimmed. - What is the recommended time to wait before painting walls that have been skimmed? Our house is approximately 60 years old, and many of the interior walls are very uneven. As we are about to renovate the house, we intend having the walls skimme...
• Top layer of drywall has come off the entire room, how do I repair? - How do I repair a room that has the first layer of the drywall come off. Do I use joint compound for entire surface?

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