What did the previous owners do to this wall?
1935 home, purchased in 2021. The wall was just white paint when we moved in. We slapped up some peel and stick wallpaper when we moved in and when we went to take it down this weekend, layers of paint came off with it. Pulled at the layers and we found this mess. Looks like there’s the original plaster wall, layers of old paint (the yellow— it’s lead, we tested), and what I think is plaster veneer based on my research that was added at some point to repair the wall. So far, we’ve: - removed most of the top layer of paint. Came off super easy with a putty knife. - used heat gun on low setting for some of the trickier paint layers. Really trying to not scrape any of the lead layers if not completely necessary. I do have a P100 respirator and am opening windows/shutting off HVAC when working on the room. To get this wall back to a single secure surface, do we need to remove all of the plaster veneer that was repaired to get to a solid surface? Or can we just fill in the uneven areas with a patching compound or a thin layer of plaster, apply a base/primer, and then do another layer of plaster veneer to make everything even? Is this “knock it down to the studs and restart” territory? Pics of the various layers. What’s the best move here? submitted by /u/we_are_aminalz [link] [comments]
| | 1935 home, purchased in 2021. The wall was just white paint when we moved in. We slapped up some peel and stick wallpaper when we moved in and when we went to take it down this weekend, layers of paint came off with it. Pulled at the layers and we found this mess. Looks like there’s the original plaster wall, layers of old paint (the yellow— it’s lead, we tested), and what I think is plaster veneer based on my research that was added at some point to repair the wall. So far, we’ve: - removed most of the top layer of paint. Came off super easy with a putty knife. - used heat gun on low setting for some of the trickier paint layers. Really trying to not scrape any of the lead layers if not completely necessary. I do have a P100 respirator and am opening windows/shutting off HVAC when working on the room. To get this wall back to a single secure surface, do we need to remove all of the plaster veneer that was repaired to get to a solid surface? Or can we just fill in the uneven areas with a patching compound or a thin layer of plaster, apply a base/primer, and then do another layer of plaster veneer to make everything even? Is this “knock it down to the studs and restart” territory? Pics of the various layers. What’s the best move here? [link] [comments] |
