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how to tell artex and textured paint apart?
its on a wall .. don't think I'm dealing with woodchip wallpaper but it looks similar... whole thing comes off with a scraper quite easily.. I'd of thought artex would take quite a bit of welly to get off?
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Opposite is true. Artex is fairly soft whereas textured paints a bitch to remove
thought the fibres might help hold it together in the case of artex...
I've scraped it.. wearing a p3 mask.. but was somewhat disturbed by how easily it came off.. hopefully ive not caked the place in asbestos
came off in one layer dry, exposing the wall behind which was not particularly damaged
the back [of the stuff that came off] was pink, looked like plaster
Pic and i :wink:will answer your question.
ta, I'll try get a pic
If you reckon its asbestos, guess that qualifies as a FML moment 😆
Though was probably 4-5 hours doing it... and last I checked I don't work in a factory with asbestos everyday
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That's some kind of old style textured paint.Defo not artex it's to sharp.
If it was artex you would see a more even stipple finish.Iv'e renovated loads and loads of houses and artexed a lot of ceilings.
We're a property development company.
Your safe as houses there bud.. 😉
why is this in bike chat?
Have you painted your bike with textured paint?
Yup sorry its in the wrong forum.
Thanks for that robhughes, that's good to know.
No Worries.