I’ve just removed some vertically hung dust sheets which had been secured to some high level timber with a couple of nails and to a side lime plastered wall with a few strips of duck tape.
This side wall has unfortunately been emulsioned by past owners with one of those new wave colour shades, electric blue I would call it.
To my surprise on removing the duck tape it brought away with it patches of emulsion paint to reveal the bear lime underneath, perhaps 50 % of the paint under each strip of tape came away.
I have tried scraping the paint off this wall in the past to no avail and I had concluded that I would just have to paint over it but perhaps, and don’t laugh, covering the wall with duck tape and ripping it off a few days later might be the solution? I’ve tried readdressing the areas with a scraper where the duck tape has created an edge on the paint but it’s still very stubborn and won’t budge. Re- apply the duck tape however and bingo another reasonable chunk comes away.
Its certainly a cheaper solution than those specialist paint removal chemicals.
This side wall has unfortunately been emulsioned by past owners with one of those new wave colour shades, electric blue I would call it.
To my surprise on removing the duck tape it brought away with it patches of emulsion paint to reveal the bear lime underneath, perhaps 50 % of the paint under each strip of tape came away.
I have tried scraping the paint off this wall in the past to no avail and I had concluded that I would just have to paint over it but perhaps, and don’t laugh, covering the wall with duck tape and ripping it off a few days later might be the solution? I’ve tried readdressing the areas with a scraper where the duck tape has created an edge on the paint but it’s still very stubborn and won’t budge. Re- apply the duck tape however and bingo another reasonable chunk comes away.
Its certainly a cheaper solution than those specialist paint removal chemicals.