Home Strip X-Tex Textured Coating Remover 2.5L - Solvent Free Removal of Bonded Non Bonded Surfaces, Polytex, Artex Stripper, Paint, Wallpaper Remover

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Vinyl silk is hard to penetrate with any type of paint remover, so the first recommendation is to apply a light coat of X-Tex then lightly scoring the surface with a blade. We then recommend applying another layer of X-Tex which will work into the score marks and help remove the paint from behind. As with using a steamer, stripping artex using X-Tex or another product is a messy job so remove anything in the room that’s not bolted down and anything else, including carpets and floors need to be covered with plastic dust sheets. Also, leaving the plate in one place too long and overheating the artex can cause it to liquefy and run everywhere, creating even more of a mess. Unless you can plaster very well, this is most likely going to be done by an actual jobbing plasterer, but if you want to learn how to do it yourself, then see our skim plastering project here for full details.

Artex is a water-based covering, usually used to decorate ceilings, and generally brought to a textured finish with the use of a brush or comb. There are many potential ways of removing artex but there are only 4 correct ways to do so; using a steamer, using a specialist artex removal product, plastering over it or plaster boarding over it. Each has it’s own advantages and disadvantages. We have more information about asbestos, how to recognise it and what to do it you have it in our removing asbestos project. Methods for Removing Artex

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X-Tex for removing Artex and other textured coatings safely X-Tex, Artex, Asbestos, health and safety Skim plaster is bought in bags of 25kg (Smaller bags can be bought for patching) and the mixing instructions are on the bag.

Note: if it’s not smooth or there is too much damage then worse case scenario you will need to get it skim plastered over before it can be decorated. Removing Artex using Eco Solutions X–Tex Run the wet brush gently over the edge or corner. The water will soften the plaster slightly and smooth it over. Dilute the PVA at 1 to 1 with water and stir well. Paint this on the ceiling/wall with a large emulsion brush. Once you have the plaster on the trowel, spread it evenly on the surface. Do not attempt to smooth it at this stage.

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Specialist Artex Remover: Again a cheap route to go down that’s very effective, depending on the product you use (some better than others). The best we have found is the Eco Solutions X-Tex Artex Remover as it can also be used on artex with asbestos in. Can also be a little messy, depending on what product you use If the area you’re working on is large then you can easily break it up using “stop end beads”. These are galvanised or stainless beads, which can be fixed to the surface and allow you to divide your plastering area into smaller, more manageable sections. If on testing it’s soft enough, before scraping anything off, coat the next 1m square patch with X-Tex so that by the time you’ve scraped the first patch clean, the next patch should be almost ready to go. Before using a wallpaper steamer it needs to be prepared and this means filling it with clean water up to the max fill line on the tank and then screwing the lid on fully.

Again, before you do this, please, please ensure that the artex you are working on does not contain any asbestos! Once mixed you can start laying it on the wall. This is done using a hand held board called a hawk and plasterers trowel. No more than two trowel fulls should be placed on the hawk at any one time. Once all boards are fixed to the surface there’s a few different ways they can be finished. The standard way is to plaster over them, which can be done using the steps above, however there is another way. Firstly make absolutely sure that there are no flaking or loose sections of the artex on the wall or ceiling you’re working on or indeed parts of the ceiling or wall itself.Plasterboard is large, heavy and bulky and awkward to work with so you need to completely clear the room you’re working in so that you have space to position the boards.

Work on a fairly small area at a time, say, around 1m square. Once applied to the surface leave for 20 minutes or so for the X-Tex to get to work and then test using a scraper. If it’s ready, when you push the scraper gently in, it will go through the artex. If it’s not, leave for another 15 minutes and test again. This will give you an idea of how long it takes to work.Regular DIY Doctor reader, Steve, made a great point. Having been a fully qualified asbestos surveyor and been responsible for the asbestos management at one of the largest housing associations in the UK we feel he was offering excellent advice with real hands on experience.