Joins in Lining Paper?

[davetuc]

Any decorators know of a way to hide joins in lining paper that has been painted over without having to strip it all off?

[carrust]

Are the joins over lapping, or are they too wide? If they are over lapping, you can sand the over-laps off & then re-paper. If the gaps are too wide, then you are going to have to re-paper. Try as you might, there's no really effective way to fill such a small gap. Sorry for the bad news.

[heathfield]

Filling and painting over will show up the difference in texture between the paper and the filler. For best results, paper over, this time butting the joints carefully. A heavy grade paper will help hide the old joins.