distemper??

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It's an unpleasant disease that dogs get. I doubt you are a dog because dogs can't use computers.

So it must be that grey painty (german word) that is a t**t to plaster over without scraping off, washing and stabilising first with WBA or Artex Stabilex.
 
so do i need to scrape the stuff off? ???

never come across it before,what is it?.it looks like some sort of filler
 
Some may say different, but i'd scrape it off and either use Stabilex or a bonding agent. It may well be quicker to overboard if you are screw fixing. If you are dabbing, then you will need to prep and seal where the dabs are going to go because gypsum will react with the lime and you'll lose the bond.
 
I did a job some time ago where the place had been emulsioned out to sell, the new buyer wanted the place tarted up, the firm I worked for got the work, 2 of us skimming up, pva and away, came to start wet trowel, skim was blistering everywhere, BIG ONES, desided to leave it till the morning and see what was what, came off like wall paper!!! Sheets of the stuff! The last owner had it walloped out with paint over distemper, we didn't know till we started skimming! OMG!!! Ended up having to scrape the bloody paint off the walls took days!! :o
 
distemper is a lime wash ie lime water pigment colour...built up in layers....can be white, off white or slight pastel in colour..is dusty soft ( can scartch your nail in it)..u see it alot on period properties, as it lets background breath, in alot of edwardian,victorian, georgian as well as elizabethian....but also in soem house in early 60's....due to it being lime based itll suck water up like no tommorrow. Certain ways of dealing with the stuff...but one way isnt to pva it lots of time,( seen this a few times from silly people.. as all this will do is get soaked up,when u plaster onto it,itll suck life out of plaster then fall off. Me personally i steam it off with a wallpaper steamer, soak it and scrape it off. You can also stabalize it with a few products..or seal it with shilak. Stabalizers is a good method but can be expensive. You can also paint it with such as leyland paints. Me personally depending how thick it is i would rather get it off rather than use a bonding agent / stabalizer..but to each their own i suppose. Im with tonym that if its on ceilings i would def go for a reboard.
 
lick youre finger and rub it if it comes off its distemper ............and if youre by yourself and bored lick youre finger and stick it up youre bum ........aim slightly to the left....................
 
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