Remove thick painted texture on walls

Hello,

I am new to this forum and hopefully someone can give me some advice. I recently purchased a 1920s home that was renovated in 2008. The kitchen has a horrible paint job. Its a very thick paint that was applied in 3 colors to create a texture. To me it looks like someone slapped peanut butter all over the walls. Not sure if its oil or latex paint, but it looks very thick. I realize the best way to flatten these walls may be to skim coat, but can anyone give me advice on the best way to approach this? Should I seal the walls with primer, then skim coat, sand, prime & paint? Or sand and then start skim coating? Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks!

 

Welcome to the forums!

It looks like the texture was done with joint compound and then instead of prime and paint, they just applied a glaze type coating over it. More than likely all you need to do is give it a quick sand with 80 grit and then apply your skim coat. It would be nice to rule out oil base coatings - http://www.doityourself.com/forum/pa...latex-oil.html