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If there are, gently remove them and place if a plastic bin bag. However, if your surface has asbestos in it, don’t touch it! You will need to get the professionals in to remove it correctly and prevent any fibres from being released into the air. One of the benefits of using pasterboard is that instead of plastering you can tape and fill all the joints and screw heads, seal it and then paint it, avoiding the need and cost of plastering. Plasterboarding over artex is pretty much the same process as plastering over it, only instead of laying on plaster, you’re covering it with plasterboard. Plaster Boarding Again a very effective way of resolving an artex problem, especially if it contains asbestos. Like the plastering route, it simply involves boarding over the artex using plasterboard. If you do it yourself and don’t plaster it, it can be fairly cheap, however if you use tradesmen and have it plastered, again it can be rather expensive
If you do find asbestos present, don’t panic, as long as you don’t disturb it, it’s fine, but if you want it removed, there are only a few solutions:
X-Tex, Artex, Asbestos, health and safety
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. 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 Work in sections, applying the plaster as you go and taking off any real hard lines and lumps between sections as you lay them on, but don’t worry about getting it totally smooth at this point as it’s the second coat that will be smoothed.
Their flat top gives you an edge to work to and finishes flush with the surface of the plaster. When decorated they are not visible. Some textured coatings, mainly sold and applied before the 1990s, may contain harmful substances such as asbestos fibres. This Artex remover is Water-based and takes the “tough not toxic” approach as a textured coating remover. It will remove these textured coatings safely and effectively.
Methods for Removing Artex
Whether working on a wall or ceiling, it’s up to you where you start, but to work methodically, it’s best to start in a corner and work out from there, so position your ladder as such. Plastering is very hard work indeed. Mostly because of the speed it has to be carried out at & also because it involves a lot of body movement. Please make sure you have divided the room onto manageable areas. You really do only want to do this once Removal is made easier with a long-handled blade scraper which helps to lift it from the surface rather than spreading it around the wall, which usually happens when using a standard steel scraper. 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. Make sure you have covered the entire surface. Untouched areas will produce plastered areas that will be hard almost as soon as the plaster touches them!
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 suggest two coats of this PVA solution will give an excellent seal to the surface. The PVA will also help the adhesion of the plaster, but as it will dramatically slow down the rate of moisture absorption, it will give you more time to “work” the surface before it dries. Dilute the PVA at 1 to 1 with water and stir well. Paint this on the ceiling/wall with a large emulsion brush.Leave it to dry fully, which may take 24 hours or so and once done you’re ready for the final stage. Once the second coat is on it needs to be smoothed out before it cures and goes hard. This is done at the point that when you push your thumb into the surface it only leaves a very slight indentation. Once you have the plaster on the trowel, spread it evenly on the surface. Do not attempt to smooth it at this stage. 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.
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