Paint plaster or wallpaper?

Good morning Yvonne,

This is one of those white sponges: you get them in multi-packs seasonally at Tchibo or Aldi. But a hardware store also has something like that. When moistened, you can remove dirt marks from, for example, walls with it

Doesn't the paint automatically get wiped off the wall with each use then?

Rhenish greetings

With painted wallpaper, this can happen; with painted plaster, it cannot.

Good morning Yvonne,


Doesn't the paint get wiped off the wall automatically with every use?

Rhenish regards

No, I haven’t experienced that so far – and I only have colored walls. But I must admit that I had forgotten about this eraser sponge for a long time; only now a colleague recommended it to me.
It consists of foamed melamine resin, is moistened, and disintegrates during cleaning, becoming crumbly and must then be replaced.
So far, I have successfully used it on the stairway walls, for removing residual insects, as well as on the parquet for removing scuff marks.
However, it is said to have drawbacks, which can be read about on the stain removal page when you google Schmutzradierer.

Regards, Yvonne

We only painted our gypsum plaster. However, we had an agreement with our plasterer that he should plaster as smoothly as possible so that we could paint. It then only needed to be primed and then painted. It looks good. The only important thing is not to use the cheapest paint

How long have you been living in the house? We keep hearing that painting directly without a painting fleece can later lead to cracks becoming visible quite quickly.

Since May. So not for very long yet.

How long have you been living in the house? We keep hearing that when painting directly without a painter's fleece, cracks can become visible quite quickly afterwards.

Yes, that's true. You can see the settling cracks. But I prefer to see them and keep them under control rather than cover them up and not notice them. Those who are bothered by these cracks should rather wallpaper.