How to remove sand circles on wall?
I recently bought a house and I’m currently in the process of repainting one of the rooms. The wall has this weird paint job that we want to remove. Part of the wall is covered in these circles that are made of coarse sand bonded together by some sort of…
I recently bought a house and I’m currently in the process of repainting one of the rooms. The wall has this weird paint job that we want to remove. Part of the wall is covered in these circles that are made of coarse sand bonded together by some sort of adhesive. The circles are slightly raised from the wall. We have tried using acetone, white vinegar, and isopropyl alcohol to dissolve the adhesive. We have also tried scraping off the material, but it is on very tightly. We are at a loss of how to remove the sand circles. Is anyone familiar with this material and how to remove it? Any advice is much appreciated.
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Maybe something like Goo gone? In the end it might be easier/a better result if you just scrape it off entirely and assume you will be taking off the paint and possibly some of the paper or plaster under and then having to repair, prime, and repaint.
Just tried the Goo Gone, it didn’t work unfortunately ☹️
just sand it off The sand paper, when you use it to sand off the sand circles
My first thought was also to get it with a putty knife or razor. That's probably the only hope of prying these off without making a mess.
This was my thought. Patching drywall is faster and easier than all the stuff OP is trying 😅
The whole hole. Is it still a whole hole if I fill in half of it, or is it a half hole?
Here’s a pic of the whole wall, we’re leaning towards removing this section of it.
I was thinking a steamer. Like the kind you clean with. Heat and moisture in one go.
Heat it up first with a hair dryer to soften the adhesive.
I just want to see the whole wall. I can’t figure out how someone thought this would ever be a good idea. Get a thick enough scraper behind it and hit with a hammer, chisel it off. It’s gonna do damage to the drywall though no matter what you try.
Whole
Damn pintrest😆
Honestly if there's a whole wall of these, just tearing down to the studs and starting from scratch would be faster and look better in the end.
Oscillating saw flush against the wall, then repair. Or, cut the hole thing out and patch.
I’d try fishing wire and run it against the wall. It’s how you peel stickers and embers off a car so maybe it’ll work here. If not and you can’t scrape it off just sand it off. Since you’re painting it doesn’t matter if it ruins the wall.
A nice wide sharpened putty knife or a razor scraper, and just accept that you're probably going to need to prime and/or skim coat parts of the wall at the end of it. If there's a ton of them I'd be tempted to try out like 40 grit on the orbital sander and see if that knocks them off any quicker.
My suggestion is using a hair dryer it heat gun and trying to soften the adhesive with heat. This may take a lot longer than you think, but I suggest that you go with longer exposure, bit less heat for safety sake. This can take an hour or more of heating and scraping. As always, do your research for what's a safe temperature on your wall type (plaster and lathe, different generations of dry wall, etc) to be safe.
Paint scraper and drywall mud finish with with high grit. (300-400) scrap them off and gently, skim coat with the mud and sand flat.
I would try heat and a scrapper. You could also cut out the drywall and patch it, but it may end up looking terrible if your patching skills aren’t leveled up.
Putty knife + hammer time and then repair as needed to make smooth again.
Sharp drywall scraper. Your gonna probably have to sand/spackle afterwards
Just scrape it off with a putty knife. And get a can of texture. It looks like it's pretty blotted so you might need to take a wet sponge and kind of soften it up afterwards.
Did you try scraping?
If acetone didn't do it, you'll have to scrape or sand it off
Acetone. Wear a mask.