This 37 year old semi detached house, was wall to wall wallpaper. It was stuck in the 80's and needed to come down. After lots of hard work, we all managed to do our share of wallpaper stripping.
Now the next step, was to wash the walls. Glue residue left over from the wallpaper will turn your paint finish to that crackle finish if you don't get it off. After washing with TPS solution, we filled holes with Spackle and sanded. (Lots of holes from hooks over the years). Finally, the painting. I love the zinsser products, and purchased a HUGE tub of it, and had it tinted close to the finished colour. This way, we only have to do one coat of primer, and then one coat of the finish paint. The zinsser primer covers ALL paints including oil paint, it makes a great surface for the finish colour.
I also painted the ceiling. Even though it seemed OK, it just freshened the place up with 2 coats of ceiling paint.
Painting the walls, can make a huge difference to a room. After all the prep, it is starting to look good, as you can see in the primed picture compare to the before picture of the same room. It is still in progress, but coming along. (The before picture is the one with the pink wallpaper)
Next is to prime the window trim and bedroom doors (some are pink!). Plus we are still puzzling over one bedroom that had cork board glued to the wall, and that the previous owner had ripped off the wall, pulling off the drywall paper with it.
