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hugo7 in reply to @iamalex
See my post and subsequent comments on this page: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/178667/?offset=16625#comment14595189

What I ended up doing was:
1. No Nonsense super glue under all the raised bits, then press down. Use a small pin or needle to hold down if fingers aren't practical in that spot.
2. super glue over the top of the join to seal. This will leave a raised section to be sanded back.
3. once dry and hard repeat 1. and 2. where necessary / if bits have lifted
4. sand back
5. light fill with polyfiller from a tube where necessary
6. touch up with base coat paint
7. paint
I had to do 3 x 2m sections of varying shittness above a rad. I would rate success level at 85%, due to some visible lines from where I gave up on steps 4. and 5 and some where I thought it looked alright so didn't intervene. None of it has lifted.

Your area looks pretty big and in a shit location to work, so I would strongly consider whether you have the budget to have it reskimmed.

However, I do get that you are on a budget so maybe go with wallpaper paste in small sections/steps first. If that doesn't work try my method or the other peoples suggestions in the posts I linked.

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iamalex in reply to @hugo7

This is great, thanks for putting together.

Making the room not canary yellow and presentable for now really. It'll be my girlfriends office and we'll invest some more on it when we've recovered from moving and sorted the more important rooms. We're DIY'ing the kitchen from the end of next week so that'll be the killer for a while.

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