How do I treat wall after removal of wallpaper

purerandom

hi folks,
had the nightmare job of removing wallpaper at the weekend. after soaking the wall in a solution of water and vinegar, the paper did come off but it was a slow process. My issue now is that about 25% of the original paint came off too.

if i paint the wall now it will look terrible. I researched this and it said to sand the wall. after a decent bit of sanding i dont think this is the solution to my problem.

Is a coat of primer my solution here?
I am in trouble here so any help is more than welcome.

bryaner

I'm just finished painting my sons room, while preping the walls some of the old paint came off.

I just gave the areas a good sanding with fine sandpaper and gave them couple of extra coats ands it's fine.

purerandom

hi Bryaner,
thanks for the reply. ok, so you had areas exposed that were 'grey', as in the original wall. You simply sanded this areas with standard sand paper and then threw on extra coats. Is the wall smooth now? can you see any of the areas where the paint was removed?
I did put one coat on and thought to myself, no way i am going to conceal this, but if you say this is strength in numerous coats i might go down that route.

johnjoda

Go to any builders providers or good diy store such as woodies and get a tub of pva, water down as directed and brush/roller on wall. Dries very quick and seals wall. It does what it says on can. Good luck

bryaner

purerandom wrote: »

hi Bryaner,
thanks for the reply. ok, so you had areas exposed that were 'grey', as in the original wall. You simply sanded this areas with standard sand paper and then threw on extra coats. Is the wall smooth now? can you see any of the areas where the paint was removed?
I did put one coat on and thought to myself, no way i am going to conceal this, but if you say this is strength in numerous coats i might go down that route.

Yes the original wall was showing, it's not 100% but you would have to go looking for it.

I'm happy with it and would only spot it cause I know it's there.

purerandom

thanks for the help folks. i put a coat of PVA (5 water to 1 pva) on the wall last night.
It came out like a milk consistency and i am wondering how it will help my issue. Checked it this morning and didnt seem to make any difference but i suppose after a few coats of paint we will see positive results please God.
i will reply with the final result.
thanks again.

purerandom

thanks to all who helped out here. as it turns out i am very happy with the results considering the state of the wall after i removed the paper.
i sanded the wall
then put on a 5:1 pva solution
then put on 3 coats of paint.

Result: wall looks great, you would not notice the 'flaws' unless they were pointed out to someone who didnt know that they existed.
case closed. thanks again.

BoardsMember

Well done, good to hear all ur hard work did the job.

bryaner

Good to hear.