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Lock down porous and crumbling surfaces with Rust-Oleum Zinsser GARDZ Problem Surface Sealer. •Seals old wallpaper adhesive. •Easy to apply, high spread rate, fast drying. Milwaukee Tool 49-12-U008c Exact No 8 Copper 12 Ton U-Style Die.
I used this product to prep before painting wallpaper
I had my doubts. We were putting our house on the market and the listing agent rightfully had an issue with the 30+ year old wallpaper that had been there since we bought the house in 1989. But removing wallpaper (REAL WALLPAPER) is not easy or for the faint of heart.
My niece’s husband is a house painter and shared his experience painting many houses using Gardz as the prep solution. The secret is two thin coats. The key word is THIN because the product has the consistency of skim milk. I made that mistake on over coating the first wall. It ran down the walls like water and I had a hard time keeping up with it. But by the time I was done, I had it under control.
Now was the time for the paint. Joe recommended a blue color that would hide any of the blue background wallpaper and he was right. I had a few “bubbles” where, I think, the Gardz may have dried out the wallpaper a little. But a little bit of work with a razor blade and some joint compound and we were in business. I have since used it in my basement where I had a little podging, and used it before gray waterproofing paint. Again excellent results!
Excellent - A lifesaver with torn sheeetrock paper.
I did all the online research and decided this was the product I wanted to use. Not just because it is Zinsser who's products I pretty much always like, but it sounded like the best to repair torn sheetrock after removing tile from a wall. Off I went to buy some but no local stores carried it. Was tempted to try something else just to get the job done but decided to wait and order this online. Glad I did. It worked excellently. I put one coat over the torn but "smoothed/sanded best I could sheetrock, let it dry, sanded very lightly with some 220, and put on a second coat. Spackled when dry with DAP lightweight joint compound and no - Zero - bubbles. Could not be more satisfied. I have not forgotten all the trouble with bubbling in the past. Went over that with Zinsser 123 Primer and again no - ZERO - bubbling.
As a side note comparison, I went back over a rough spot I had missed first go round, had to tear a bit of sheetrock paper. I figured it was small and would skip the Gardz, hit it with the 123 Primer and sure as sure bubbled it did.
I think the product is a life saver. Goes a long way too, very thin, lots of coverage.