Skim Coat Wallpaper & Painting Walls (Part 1) -Drywall Repair & Wall Preparation

[TheMUSTURD]

Great stuff, keep making more. This really helped with my project.

[KimmyCMU1]

Yes well the tiles are like thick ceramic tiles, I feel like they stick out like half an inch or so off the wall.

[KimmyCMU1]

Yes well the tiles are like thick ceramic tiles, I feel like they stick out like half an inch or so off the wall.

[user72689]

@KimmyCMU1 Yes that's why u would need to put up some molding of some sort to alleviate that 1/2 inch.

[KimmyCMU1]

In my bathroom there are tiles covering the walls about 4 feet up that I want to remove. Above all the tile is just regular wallpapered walls, which I also want to take off. I wanted to remove the tile from the walls surrounding the vanity area, but Im sure the wall will be damaged behind that. So there are 4 walls that I wanted to do this to. Should I skim coat the entire walls after? I dont want it to have an obvious difference from the top to bottom. How many coats will it take?

[user72689]

@KimmyCMU1 If you are worried that taking the Tiles off the wall will cause much more damage to walls and the Tiles are firmly stuck to the wall; you could just prime the Tiles first, and then skim over the tiles with mud 3-4 times. You would the need to put up some sort of Chair Rail on top of where tile meets the wall.

Or After you remove paper and glue and then seal the wall, Yes, skim entire walls and expect 3-4-5 Coats.

[ackmedhaaackkk]

Been learning a lot from your videos.Keep it up and thanks!

[romajr86]

Thank you very much for making this series and your other videos. I'm redoing my bathroom after ripping the 25+ year old wallpaper off and need to follow a lot of your steps. I hope I can do it even half as easy as you can. Thanks again!

[user72689]

@romajr86 Ur welcome. Good luck and keep me posted!

[romajr86]

@user72689 Question for you... I have some holes im spot filling with joint compund and most are all coming out fine, but 1 or 2 are about the size of a nickel, and seem to be taking a lot of compound to fill in. Should I use a small patch over these 2 holes instead of just filling with compound? Or do you think that size will be ok just filling in?

[user72689]

@romajr86 You could use a small metal patch. Get a 4x4 metal drywall sheet patch then with a pair of scissors cut out a 2 x 2 square and put over the hole and then mud over Or just use a piece of Mesh tape and put over hole then lightly skim over that 3-4 separate coats.

[user72689]

@romajr86 how did u make out?

[romajr86]

@user72689 Hi again. I made out great with the drywall patch, and for my first ever skim-coat spackling job I think it came out good. I also primed and painted, and im very happy with the paint. Thanks for asking and thanks again for your videos. They definitely helped me

[user72689]

@romajr86 Wow, Great! I am happy to have helped, and thanks for getting back to me!

[romajr86]

@user72689 Question for you... I have some holes im spot filling with joint compund and most are all coming out fine, but 1 or 2 are about the size of a nickel, and seem to be taking a lot of compound to fill in. Should I use a small patch over these 2 holes instead of just filling with compound? Or do you think that size will be ok just filling in?

[mtw156]

These are great videos. I'm following these steps in my own house.

Question - The wallpaper is still under there so at some point won't the glue fail and cause issues?

[user72689]

@mtw156 Yes at some point, Gravity will destroy everything. In the meantime, sealing the surface with Gardz and skimming the surface with a setting Mud will help prevent any future unfurling (Especially the seams).Before you start, feel the surface for any loose or detached areas and cut them out. These areas usually consist of the seams and where ever the glue wasn't applied evenly. Skimming over wallpaper is always a last resort , when u already know u will do more damage trying to remove it.

[steelyhendrix]

One of the best in his trade.