Latex paint on heavy textured walls
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Rose
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What is the best method to get the heavy texture off my walls that have latex paint on them. I've removed plenty of popcorn ceilings and wondering if it is the same as that. Thank you
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Hi Rose - Hoping this is not on all your walls. I'm thinking whatever they used for texturing walls (plaster?) would be tougher than on a popcorn ceiling. I'd pick a portion of the bottom part of a wall and put a wallpaper steamer to it. This should at least soften it so you can get a better idea of what you're dealing with. Or you could try sanding if this doesn't work. If it's really a coarse texture this might at least reduce it. Or you might be able to get the walls skim coated depending on how coarse the texture is. I'd get a pro for this. As a last resort, I guess you could just drywall over it. Good luck and let us know what worked.
Marion Nesbitt
on Feb 08, 2015
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Thank you for your response Marion. I will be trying to sand the bottom 1/2 of the wall today. If it doesn't work out I will be calling the pro's in.
Rose
on Feb 08, 2015
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There is a style of roller cover that is designed for heavily textured walls. I would ask for advice at Home Depot or equivalent.
Carol
on Feb 08, 2015
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There are a few questions that need to be asked before you tackle such a project. You must take into consideration the age of the house (to determine whether it is drywall or plaster and lathe) or whether there have been updates to the house. If it is plaster and lathe you will have oil based paint on some of the layers. That would be the paint that has lead in it. If you are only going down a couple of layers you might be OK but If not I would suggest ripping it all out and starting again. Although once you get to the oil based paint steaming water won't touch it anyway. Just be careful of gouging the oil based paint.
Sharon Dunkin
on Feb 09, 2015
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