![]() This will eliminate the cracking issues and will give you as smooth a wall as you like, with little mess in comparison to skim coating the entire wall. Using a thin drywall layer over the top may be a quicker and cheaper solution. But, in my case, I know my drywall is sound and not cracking underneath, so I could reliable coat without having to worry about patching too much in the future. It took several coats to get perfectly smooth, and a whole lot of cleaning afterward. I then skim coated with drywall mud to smooth out the walls. I decided for the first room that I would use a heavy 60 grit paper to remove as much of the larger chunky texture as I could. I recently bought a condo that had nasty texture as well on the walls which I wanted to get rid of. Even if you use a harder more durable mud or plaster, it will still most likely crack because of the age of your house, and the fact that your walls are already cracking (and will probably continue to do so). Skim coating over the plaster that is already cracking would not be a good idea. Here's my take on drywall vs skim vs full update. Our ceilings are also textured and we'd like to smooth them out, but I feel better about throwing drywall up over the plaster there. Which should I do, and what are the relative pros and cons of each? Something about putting the drywall over the plaster makes me uneasy. This is somewhat related to this question but rather than being a single crack we're talking about most of the walls in a 1400 sq ft home, built in 1925. ![]() ![]() In addition we are going to be doing quite a bit of rewiring (removing knob and tube) and there are plenty of places where the plaster is cracking, so there is some repair work to be done beyond just skim coating the plaster in places. He also thought it'd be cheaper and quicker to do so. We originally wanted to skim coat the walls to smooth them out, but a contractor suggested that we could put up drywall over it instead since we have some room to give on our baseboards and trim. Our new house has textured plaster walls that my wife and I don't like. ![]()
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