How to get architraves smooth before painting?
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I'm replacing my current dark-wood doors for oak-look doors. At the same time, I'm thinking of repainting the architraves in Portland Stone colour to match the walls; They are are currently painted in a white gloss - see photos.
I'd like the architraves to appear smooth/new after repainting, as the whole interior is being updated. I've heard sanding down a painted architrave would be lot of work, and it might be more effective to to strip off the paint instead.
Does anyone have a suggestion for achieving a smooth look? Thanks for any advice!
Jane
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Comments (12)It totally depends on how "well" the artex was first installed. My parents house used to have artex ceilings in every room! I took them down quite easily with a steamer and scrapper. They had almost perfectly smooth ceilings underneath. A bit of filling and sanding two-three coats of paint and job done. There were some spots though that had been re-artexed at some point and they were very difficult to remove. the steamer had no effect on them so it took a lot of soaking, scrapping, filling and sanding to get those bits right. Thankfully that was only a handful of areas. I saw a decorator once paint an artexed ceiling. He stepped outside for a break once he had done one coat. I was in an adjoining room and thought I could hear water dripping. Stepped in the room to see strips of artex just peeling right off and falling to the ground. He scrapped of the remaining bits and then painted. End result was better than anyone was expecting! So in summary if the artex was of poor quality and the ceiling was poorly prepared when it was applied, it will come of very easily. If on the other hand they did a proper job then its cheaper and quicker to plasterboard over it and start again....See Morehow to prep this wall for painting
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