Identify a wallcovering-plaster type coated wallpaper
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:59 pm
I am trying to strip wallpaper from a HSL which initially looks like a normal heavily embossed paper that has had several layers of paint.
However it will not budge and the parts I have got off seem to resemble a backing paper covered in a thin layer of plaster type coating. Quite shiny, like a hard chalk consistency. It cannot be impregnated with water it needs to be chipped off.
I doubt this would have come on a roll. The design is too consistent and covers a large an area.
It is not a plaster texture finish also the material is not a crumbly as plaster. It could be a paper Mache type of thing. Has anyone come across this and if so is it possible to remove or is it better to plaster over the top?
However it will not budge and the parts I have got off seem to resemble a backing paper covered in a thin layer of plaster type coating. Quite shiny, like a hard chalk consistency. It cannot be impregnated with water it needs to be chipped off.
I doubt this would have come on a roll. The design is too consistent and covers a large an area.
It is not a plaster texture finish also the material is not a crumbly as plaster. It could be a paper Mache type of thing. Has anyone come across this and if so is it possible to remove or is it better to plaster over the top?