Wallpaper on new lime plaster

[Paddy86]

Hoping for a bit of advice please.

We have recently stripped our walls back to the stone (previous owner put gypsum plaster on and covered it with lining paper - cheers) and applied diathonite thermal plaster with a top coat of their lime finish. It was done back in May and is lovely and dry now. We have our heart set on some WM marigold wallpaper but haven't been able to find anywhere whether it is breathable or not.

Does anyone have any advice for wallpapering and preserving breathability of lime plaster? Have found the earthborn paste but seems a bit of a waste if the paper itself is non-breathable.

For background our house was stone built in 1886 so preserving the breathability is important for us.

Thanks in advance

 

[paulc]

As long as the paper isn't vinyl coated, I would have thought you'd be OK with the paper and Solvite.
Have been stripping old wallpaper off my walls, and spraying with water and a damp sponge soaks the paper. Any remaining adhesive wipes off with a bit of sugar soap & sponge - On that basis, I feel uncoated paper plus Solvite is more than adequate.

 

[malcolm]

It's worth asking the manufacturer if it is breathable. Or better get a sample, drop a spot of water on one side and see if it goes through to the other side.

I used LAP cold water paste for my wallpaper. It is worth being careful with the paste as a lot of it is PVA based these days which is both waterproof and impossible to use.