crepi.....

[Yvonne]

Hi,

Can anyone advise how to remove the 'peelable' crepi from walls? It doesn't appear to be very removable to me!

Thanks,
Abi

[dave21478]

A  wallpaper steamer often does the job, although a lot depends on the material of the surface underneath.

I recently attempted to remove a load of crepi from a wee toilet room. It was the REALLY pointy finish where you do yourself a serious injury if you brush against it. Large sections peeled off with ease as the paint underneath came away too, but the rest had to be chiseled off in tiny scraps where the undercoat of paint was sound.

Something that was very effective was a big rotary wire brush mounted in an angle-grinder, but the huge amount of dust generated made it impractical.

[Yvonne]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the comments - yes it is the spikey stuff! We'll have a go with the wllpaper steamer and see how we get on.

Thanks,

Abi

[Dave&Olive]

hi ok

         I had a load of the heavy stuff , steaming it off is one option very messy and hard work .

 another option is to scrape off the heavy Knobs  , pva it and give it a skim coat of plaster / crepi but with a smoothish finnish

             Dave