Cracked Plaster / Painting Question

tntcoder

tntcoder

tntcoder

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Hi,

I'm just about to start stripping wallpaper to do some painting and behind the start section that I removed just to see how bad things were, it looks like this:

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So question is, can I just pollyfiller these cracks before painting? Or could they potentially be more serious? The parts either side of the cracks seem solid when tapped.

Thanks!
 
Thanks, yes it's a door below, I haven't stripped the entire wall, but those cracks were evident through the wallpaper, the rest looks ok (as much as it can without removing it).

Another shot

I guess I really need to wait till it's all stripped to tell, but just wondered how bad of a sign it was :)
 
Just looks like blown plaster to me, tap it, it will probably feel hollow behind it.

I have tons of it around my old house sadly, only remedy is to smash it all off and re plaster the area.
 
Jez said:
Just looks like blown plaster to me, tap it, it will probably feel hollow behind it.

I have tons of it around my old house sadly, only remedy is to smash it all off and re plaster the area.
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This is sadly almost certainly the case!

Stripping back wallpaper to paint what lies beneath is often a disapointment as the plaster is usually nasty. Personally I'd strip the lot and then get a plasterer round to quote for giving you a paintable finish which wil probably require a combination of stripping back the blown bits and skimming over the better bits, shouldn't be too expensive and should leave you with a perfect finish to paint.
 
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