Patching and Plastering - How do I fix this?

Note: My husband and I know NOTHING about drywalling,plastering or anything that has anything to do with either. So don't be surpised if what i describe makes no sense.

My husband and I are doing some remodeling in my kitchen. During this process we have taken the overhang down that the kitchen cabinets were attached to. But now we have a mess on the walls and ceiling. It appears that the walls and ceiling were plastered after the cabinets were installed. You can see where the overhang was on the walls and the ceiling. (My husband says it is plasterboard not drywall.)

Where the ceiling meets the wall and one corner also need to be repaired. This also has no plaster on it. The house was built in 1974 and has never been updated. I could really use some advice on how to fix the walls and ceiling.

Thanks!!!!

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Could you supply us with a pic? use www.photobucket.com or any other free site.

Do you have blue board with a plaster veneer?

Here are 2 pictures i hope they are helpful.



http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk73/mcmoran2004/100_0476.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk73/mcmoran2004/100_0477.jpg

Thanks!!

Note: My husband and I know NOTHING about drywalling,plastering or anything that has anything to do with either. So don't be surpised if what i describe makes no sense.

My husband and I are doing some remodeling in my kitchen. During this process we have taken the overhang down that the kitchen cabinets were attached to. But now we have a mess on the walls and ceiling. It appears that the walls and ceiling were plastered after the cabinets were installed. You can see where the overhang was on the walls and the ceiling. (My husband says it is plasterboard not drywall.)

Where the ceiling meets the wall and one corner also need to be repaired. This also has no plaster on it. The house was built in 1974 and has never been updated. I could really use some advice on how to fix the walls and ceiling.

Thanks!!!!

The wall is sheet rock easily repaired with premixed sheet rock mud and some sheetrock tape..
1) cover everything! Dirty job..

Use flat drywall knife (puttyknife) start with 6"-8" and flat scape high spots..if you don't want a lot of dust-which their will be with any type of drywall repair moisten the area with a sponge and water (bottle or tap the wall won't mind) moisten not wet.. You are trying to flaten the areas that join.

Sand area with flat sanding block and screen purchased and your favorite home improvement store..
The grit (same as sandpaper) or texture depends on how heavy the rigdes are. You are trying to smooth and match the two surfaces on the wall first.

If they are smooth as thr surounding area no filling requires then use some sheetrock mud and the sponge to match the two areas on the wall..You can try any tool that works for you.
Let dry overnight, prime and repaint walls..I hope you saved that left over paint from the last job...
Now the ceiling.
same task for it as in the walls but the texture is another subject. Hit or miss in trying to match. You may need to recoat the whole kitchen to make it look right and most likely this is needed from the wear and tear..
Retexture is best left up to the professional You may attempt but in the long run the pro is cheaper.
All the above is from OJT and lots of it.

Have A Great Day!! Go out and make someone Smile!:)

You need to coat all the joints with a thin layer of joint compound and then embed the drywall tape into the mud, pull it smooth with your broad knife, let it dry and then add more j/c as needed - usually 3 coats. The neater you apply the j/c the less you will have to sand :cool:

Most textures can be duplicated by thinning down j/c and applying it in different manners. I couldn't get a good read on your texture but it looks like it might be orange peel which is made from j/c thinned to about paint consistency - usually sprayed with a hopper gun although I have done repairs by applying it with a sponge. You can test run the texture on cardboard or even the wall/ceiling - if it doesn't come out right you can remove while wet or sand it off when dry.

I forgot to add, the areas where the drywall paper is torn or missing, need to be coated with a solvent based primer, prior to applying any joint compound.

Is there a texture on the ceiling?? It looks like sand finish at the most from the pics. Tape the joints and finish. You will have to really load up the places that werent finished before with mud to flatten out.

There was a popcorn finish on the ceiling. But we scrapped it all off. Should i put a primer up before i paint the ceiling?
(just going to paint it white)

Thanks for all the help!!!!

Yes, any repairs [including scraped off texture] should be primed.