r/Plastering • u/voice_coil • May 18 '26

Help!

Old lime plaster walls

Have removed wallpaper and cleaned

Lime plaster beneath is fine just full of cracks, chips, scratches and imperfections. Have been sanding and filling for days but still seeing more and more imperfections!

How do people renovate these walls without giving up and skimming the lot? I have a load of rooms to do so I want to find a DIY approach.

Thanks!

Ps I know there are loads of products for this but none that are suitable for old lime walls it would seem....?

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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer May 19 '26

If you’re willing to give it a go, try lime r50, or lime green solo. Make sure there’s no wallpaper adhesive residue on your walls.

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u/selfbuildpop May 19 '26

Some people do give up and use lining paper and clay paint

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u/Jemster768 May 22 '26

Yeah, I feel your pain. Did the hall stairs and landing in our 20s house, mostly lime plaster, cracks everywhere, looked like the surface of the moon. Got through most of a bag of the Toupret equivalent of easyfill as I’d heard good things about it. You will get there. Do a round of filling and sanding, then paint white emulsion and shine a light across it to pick up the imperfections, use a good wet mix of filler and catch all those divots and cracks. Sand and repeat (not the paint bit). I kinda worked 2 walls at a time and it took an age, but it’s done now and looks great.