How to Prep a Wall after Wallpaper has been Removed

Prepping a wall to be painted after you have removed the old wallpaper is an important step before you apply paint to the wall surface to ensure you get a professional look to your walls.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lightweight Spackle
• Spackle knife
• Paint primer

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   Dap spackle

   After you have removed the old wallpaper, you may find that there are tiny holes on the surface of the walls. This is easily rectified with the use of a lightweight spackle and a putty knife or spackle knife, applying the spackle, like buttering a piece of toast.

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   You may also find holes from nails that were removed during the wallpaper removal process. These holes can be filled with the lightweight spackle using the spackle knife.

3. If the walls have a textured applied before the wallpaper was installed, your paint application will be easier. If not, you may want to apply a wall texture before you apply the finish paint. With either texture or non textured walls, you will need to apply a primer before you apply the finish paint.

Resources

• eHow Home and Garden Topic Guide

[csi-boneguy]

on 7/23/2009 Great info.