A painting and decorating Question

[~Cassilis~]

My sticky fingered toddler has picked a hole in the lining paper in the
living room which is about 4cm in total with ragged edges. I wish to repair
this area so I can repaint the whole room, but I don't fancy having to strip
the whole wall and papering again.
One suggestion offered was to trim the hole to neat edges then fill with
very fine filler, sand gently then re paint. Can anybody suggest a better or
more appropriate repair.

Thanks in advance.

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~Cassillis~

[Nick Nelson]

I would leave the ragged edges, so long as they are still
soundly attached to the wall. An uneven edge is likely to
be much less obvious than a straight one.

Nick

[Stuart Grant]

In article <a25q75$pba$1...@paris.btinternet.com>, ~Cassilis~ wrote:
> One suggestion offered was to trim the hole to neat edges then fill with
> very fine filler, sand gently then re paint. Can anybody suggest a better or
> more appropriate repair.
>

Place a scrap of lining paper over the hole and cut through both around the
hole with a Stanley knife or similar. You'll then have a patch that exactly
fits the hole, and if you worry about seeing the cutting lines they are easier
to fill than the hole.
Stuart Grant
S...@tesco.net

[~Cassillis~]

Thank you to all who took the time to reply

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[The Natural Philosopher]

Yup.

Use something like polyfilla to fill the depth, sand as you outlined -
or just skim well - and use a *torn* bit of brown parcel paper to glue
over the gap. PVA is as good, or better, than wallpaper paste.

Now feather the edges with sandpaper when dry, prime with pva and
paint...