Paint garage studs, remove this paper stuff first?

[traksion]

Hi all,

Maybe I'm searching the wrong terms, but I have not come across anyone talking about this. I'm planning to paint the interior unfinished studs in my garage. There is this paper stuff on the walls, I assume its from the original stucco application (about 60years old now), stucco lath? In several areas the paper is completely deteriorated and I'm going to remove, in other areas, the paper is still intact. I figure I could remove it all, but wasn't sure if it serves some purpose, like a moisture barrier or something? I don't see any harm in just spraying paint right over the intact paper besides the obvious fact that it won't hold up forever. But that's not really my concern, this is just a means to an end, in an effort to brighten up my garage/wood shop. Some day I plan on finishing it properly with drywall etc, but for now paint is cheap and fast.

Any thoughts? Any cons to removing the paper?

Thanks!
Matt

 

[blacksporty]

Just paint it, it does...in newer home act as a moisture barrier but yours looks pretty old.

 

[cdestuck]

Try a pressure washer

 

[The Cobbler]

it looks like it's original purpose was to back up the plaster sort of like a form.
if your longer term plan is to insulate & drywall, I would just remove all the obvious loose stuff & spray away.
you may find that the water in the latex paint wrinkles & bubbles the paper tho.
do a sample spot as a test

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

“Leave the gun, take the cannoli’s” (Sorry, I couldn’t help it)

Cut the paper at the stud with a razor, don’t touch the wires.

 

[Nowater]

Have you figured out why there are water stains on the wood?

 

[Charlie51]

It looks like someone used paper rather than 30 lb felt over the studs before they put the siding on. The paper got wet or otherwise deteriorated over time. That's why you have water spots between the planks. I went through the same thing when I built a shed years ago and sided it with tongue and groove cedar boards. You need something to keep the wind from blowing the water in.

 

[traksion]

Thanks All.

Not sure what the water stains are from, but I'm guessing its condensation on the paper that then got the wood wet. I'm in Southern California, so year round moisture is not an issue fortunately.

I assume there's no way to add a moisture barrier without completely redoing the stucco huh? And that is definitely not in the cards for now.

I'm going to cut away the really bad stuff and as suggested try a test spray on the the stuff that's still there and see how it does.

 

[tthornto]

Thanks All.

Not sure what the water stains are from, but I'm guessing its condensation on the paper that then got the wood wet. I'm in Southern California, so year round moisture is not an issue fortunately.

I assume there's no way to add a moisture barrier without completely redoing the stucco huh? And that is definitely not in the cards for now.

I'm going to cut away the really bad stuff and as suggested try a test spray on the the stuff that's still there and see how it does.

This might be an good place to use a roof coating to cover that old paper with a thick coating thats not going to flake off with the paper. I have no personal experience with this stuff but it's worth asking about. Something like this.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Henry-4-75-Gal-587-White-Roof-Coating-HE587871/202091022

 

[Bad]

I think your idea of trying a test spray is your best bet!