How to fix wall before painting?

[EGuitarStar]

Hello all,

Yesterday I removed wallpaper which was on my living room wall, and it came off fairly easily though some paint did also come off during the process. I will be repainting the wall using an undercoat and then a dark colour.

What I want to know is, how do I prepare the wall? I've read online to plaster the wall make it smooth and flat and then paint.

There are no deep joints or cracks, just flakes of paint that has come off when the wall paper came off. I would like to do a good job with painting it.

If I used a ready mixed plaster, applied over the areas, smoothed over, sanded down, cleaned and then painted, would that be the correct process?


Pictures below.

Spoiler: Picture 1

IMG_20200202_172632974https://www.flickr.com/photos/eguitarstar/, on Flickr

Spoiler: Picture 2

IMG_20200202_172701576https://www.flickr.com/photos/eguitarstar/, on Flickr

 

[EGuitarStar]

Thanks for all the feedback, I'll sand it down, wipe with sugar soap and then paint. I'll send an after pic, unless it all goes wrong!

 

[EGuitarStar]

So here are some pictures of during the works and after.

Spoiler: After 2 coats of primer

IMG_20200209_075726 by Shahan, on Flickr

Spoiler: After 2 coats of the emulsion paint

IMG_20200209_135716

Not yet completely done as i need to clean up the trims and edges. Any ideas on how to best get a straight line? I used masking tape but the paint bled through.

Spoiler: Edges

IMG_20200209_135754

I will be refreshing the white paint very soon.

 

[EGuitarStar]

Thank you to all for the advice and feedback.

I shall let you know how I get on and update when I come to doing the work.