thin crack in wall after lining paper

hooly · Post by **hooly** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:17 pm

about a yr and half ago, I had 2 cracks top to bottom of the wall, after stripping, I filled , sanded, and lining papered over, 2 or 3 coats of emulsion, and it looked fine, now ive noticed, down both cracks, top to bottom its opened slightly ?

fitzy · Post by **fitzy** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:42 pm

Cracks are a law unto themselves. Sometimes you fill them and never see them again and other times they reappear
even if the surface seems really solid.

I would recommend raking out the crack and filling and then using plasterers scrim tape, followed by easy fill before painting.

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:58 pm

Any other cracks in the building..internal or external ??

If not ...what Fitzy said..

hooly · Post by **hooly** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:06 pm

no other cracks, bar next door banging about, so u mean strip lining paper, then rake fill etc then line and paint again, if so will have to wait till next yr now, never noticed it, till lately, wish I never looked, cheers

fitzy · Post by **fitzy** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:59 pm

hooly wrote:no other cracks, bar next door banging about, so u mean strip lining paper, then rake fill etc then line and paint again, if so will have to wait till next yr now, never noticed it, till lately, wish I never looked, cheers

If the lining is well stuck you could leave it on and just treat it as if it is a standard painted surface.

hooly · Post by **hooly** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:05 am

yes, stuck great, so as above and a couple of coats

upagumtree · Post by **upagumtree** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:44 am

Rake out the crack without destroying too much of the surrounding paper.

Fill crack level with surface.

Apply Toupret fine scrim

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/t/TOUCALFIN/

This stuff gets painted on and is really fine.

When its dry apply a coat of Touprets fine surface filler

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewp ... CE_FILLER/

Feather out the edges to blend into your current surface, if necessary fill again feathering out further.

transitboy · Post by **transitboy** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:03 pm

IMO if you are going to use a scrim. I would cut the paper back and then you will blend it in easier.

upagumtree · Post by **upagumtree** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:52 pm

That toupret scrim is mega fine, it feathers in real easy.

If using a normal scrim then yes I would cut a strip out to bed it in.

royaloakcarpentry · Post by **royaloakcarpentry** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:05 pm

Painted lining paper which has a slight textured finish. Cut away paper and fill which will have a smoother finish once painted. Not nice.

Cut the paper back. Sort the crack using one of the above methods.

Then splice a new section of lining paper in and paint. This leaves a uniform finish to the paint texture. It is DIY, you ain't worried about time or cost.

Morton · Post by **Morton** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:32 pm

I'm with you ROC...I'm not sure you wouldn't see a filled section that had been painted. I think a patch with a very small amount of filler would be my choice.

upagumtree · Post by **upagumtree** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:43 pm

Well the Toupret fine scrim is just that, mighty fine

It can be only 10% of the thickness of a standard scrim tape, maybe less :dunno:

Agree with y'all about the repair showing out but unless you re-roll the entire wall the repair will stand out regardless of which repair solution you choose...............................................just sayin.

Zudecke · Post by **Zudecke** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:53 pm

upagumtree wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:44 am Rake out the crack without destroying too much of the surrounding paper.

Fill crack level with surface.

Apply Toupret fine scrim

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewp ... IN</span>/

This stuff gets painted on and is really fine.

When its dry apply a coat of Touprets fine surface filler

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewp ... ER</span>/

Feather out the edges to blend into your current surface, if necessary fill again feathering out further.

Good advice, but what do you mean exactly by "Fill crack level with surface"?

moderator2 · Post by **moderator2** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:23 pm

Zudecke, I've locked this topic, almost all of the above members are no longer active.