Crazed hairline cracks throughout the house

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ddoron

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IF not allowed, please ignore this post as I am not a plasterer. Just a new home owner... trying to learn. We have recently bought a 1967 house nad had all the original wallpaper taken down. There is "crazed" hairline cracking almost throughout the house. The walls are hard plaster. Some walls are better than others. There are some larger cracks too, though most of them are pretty minor. Now what to do? I am supposed to meet with the builder and the painter once Melbourne gets out of our latest lockdown to assess and think about what to do. Apparently, the painter thinks we should put new plaster over the old plaster throughout the house. When I had a brief conversation with our builder, he thought this is a extreme and expensive proposition, and doesn't suggest this course of action. He seemed to think that we take care of the bigger cracks and that paint would take care of the hairline ones.

Can we score and fill in the bigger cracks and then will a thick base coat hide the hairline cracks? Would that be sufficient? I've been trying to do some research, and reading old forums, but I am still at a loss. Of course I don't want to be repainting our house every few years, but also we are on a budget for this reno.

If you ahve any thoughts, I would be most appreciative!!!!
 
ddoron said:
IF not allowed, please ignore this post as I am not a plasterer. Just a new home owner... trying to learn. We have recently bought a 1967 house nad had all the original wallpaper taken down. There is "crazed" hairline cracking almost throughout the house. The walls are hard plaster. Some walls are better than others. There are some larger cracks too, though most of them are pretty minor. Now what to do? I am supposed to meet with the builder and the painter once Melbourne gets out of our latest lockdown to assess and think about what to do. Apparently, the painter thinks we should put new plaster over the old plaster throughout the house. When I had a brief conversation with our builder, he thought this is a extreme and expensive proposition, and doesn't suggest this course of action. He seemed to think that we take care of the bigger cracks and that paint would take care of the hairline ones.

Can we score and fill in the bigger cracks and then will a thick base coat hide the hairline cracks? Would that be sufficient? I've been trying to do some research, and reading old forums, but I am still at a loss. Of course I don't want to be repainting our house every few years, but also we are on a budget for this reno.

If you ahve any thoughts, I would be most appreciative!!!!
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I agree with the painter
 
ddoron said:
IF not allowed, please ignore this post as I am not a plasterer. Just a new home owner... trying to learn. We have recently bought a 1967 house nad had all the original wallpaper taken down. There is "crazed" hairline cracking almost throughout the house. The walls are hard plaster. Some walls are better than others. There are some larger cracks too, though most of them are pretty minor. Now what to do? I am supposed to meet with the builder and the painter once Melbourne gets out of our latest lockdown to assess and think about what to do. Apparently, the painter thinks we should put new plaster over the old plaster throughout the house. When I had a brief conversation with our builder, he thought this is a extreme and expensive proposition, and doesn't suggest this course of action. He seemed to think that we take care of the bigger cracks and that paint would take care of the hairline ones.

Can we score and fill in the bigger cracks and then will a thick base coat hide the hairline cracks? Would that be sufficient? I've been trying to do some research, and reading old forums, but I am still at a loss. Of course I don't want to be repainting our house every few years, but also we are on a budget for this reno.

If you ahve any thoughts, I would be most appreciative!!!!
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You can buy specialist paint for just this.

Go down to your local proper paint shop for a chat
 
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Back when I started plastering hardly anything was reskimmed. Decorators or homeowners would fill and prep walls and ceilings ready for painting. Thing is it is often quicker and cheaper to reskim a room than have to fill, sand etc.
 
essexandy said:
Back when I started plastering hardly anything was reskimmed. Decorators or homeowners would fill and prep walls and ceilings ready for painting. Thing is it is often quicker and cheaper to reskim a room than have to fill, sand etc.
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Can't skim with straw and dung though can you? You just flatten what you built it out of and that's you.
 
Thank you for your thoughts. I am most appreciative. Truly. As things stand, the builder and the painter are toying with two options: fiberglass mesh (which the painter is having trouble with) or potentially skimming. I called my local paint store (a good one) and they suggested these options. I did have a painter friend (someone else) come to the house who thought that properly washing the walls, sanding, and then reskimming would do the job just fine. If you have thoughts, again, I am most grateful.
 
essexandy said:
Back when I started plastering hardly anything was reskimmed. Decorators or homeowners would fill and prep walls and ceilings ready for painting. Thing is it is often quicker and cheaper to reskim a room than have to fill, sand etc.
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Do you think reskimming is the way to go then?
 
Few options , would help to see it, happy to come and do it for you , msg me for my rates ....lol.
Seriously, done it loads of times, it's all about what decor you want as to what method you use to fix it.
There is a backing paper sold online call .....wall magic or some thing for this prob, fit, then paint, job done.
Or you can buy a 1 metre roll of scrim, scrim the wall and skim it, or use rendering mesh to do the same thing.
Like I said mate, probably cheaper and quicker to get me out there to sort it, just need a labourer , someone like Kylie would help
 
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