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Tue, 12/05/2006 - 5:58pm
Wallpaper? Cardboard?


Good Evening all! 3 months ago I moved into a condo that has mirror squares on some of the walls. I hate those. I am in the process of taking them down and realized that there's painted cardboard underneath. My thought is to just spackle over it and sandpaper that to make it even. What would you all suggest? Thanks!

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What you are seeing

jjudge writes:

Sat, 12/16/2006 - 8:31am

What you are seeing underneath the mirror squares is probably the surface of the sheetrock that forms the wall, or, it may be that someone did paint cardboard and somehow attach it to the wall. You can try spackle, but its harder than you might think to get a nice smooth surface using that method unless you are well versed in the art of veneering spackle or plaster onto a wall with a broad knife. It might be easier to re-sheetrock those areas. You can screw new wallboard (another name for sheetrock)right into the existing wall, then use seam tape and joint compound to finish it off, just as was done when the room was built originally. Its important to sand the areas where joint compound is used before priming with a good quality acrylic primer such as Fine Paints of Europe's Eurolux Primer.

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Thanks.

born2sing65 writes:

Sat, 12/16/2006 - 8:03pm

Thank you for your reply. This particular job might be one for a professional. Not sure I am trying to tackle that. :o) Thanks again.

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