All Northern Mariana Islands Travel Guides. *Savings based on all vacation package bookings with Flight + Hotel on Expedia.com from September 2013 through February 2014, as compared to price of the same components booked separately.
Best Answer: Its OK to skim coat or texture over a painted wall, and yes prep work is everything for how well the job will look and how well it will last. SO do not skimp on the prep. Watch out for wall paper, the water in the mud will cause it to wrinkle and leave air pockets and bubbles the paper.
With our old plaster walls, one wants to patch and skim coat, while the other wants to put 1/4 drywall. The rationale for the skim coat is that it leaves a nicer high end finish, while the other guy claims it will crack within 6 months so might as well slap on some new drywall.f you do decide to skim the old plaster, don't take shortcuts. I did on hairline cracks on one side of a door, and put down tape before I repaired the other side. The one repair has lasted, in the other, the crack has shown back up.