DIY a wall that was scraped and now has bits of paint and paster help?

Use textured paint if you must but I would just skim it myself. If it doesn’t work as you planned no harm is done.

sand it with a grit under 130 where you can to even it out, then skim it with a slow-setting skim. It’s not hard to do yourself. And unless you’re working on wood, paint stripper is your enemy, especially paint stripper with methyline hydrochloride.

http://www.do-it-yourself-help.com/skim_coating_techniques.html

You could wallpaper.
Paneling
Re-drywall with ¼” thick dry wall or the dreaded skim coat which would be my choice. It’s really not that hard to do.

You could skim it yourself, it’s an easy technique, you may have to re-do the first section you try on the “learning curve”, but still much cheaper than hiring someone.

Faux painting . . . hides imperfections on walls and cielings . . . Visit www.faux-painting-techniques.com for ideas.

@Cruiser very cool idea thank you

thank you @njnyjobs

Thanks all :)

+1 njnyjobs I forgot about that

Use a putty knife and hammer to chip away the paint that’s left. Then you can sand. If it’s uneven apply some plaster or sheet rock mud and sand again when it dries. This needent be an expensive fix, but it may take some time.

I agree with thriftymaid mostly. You sound like you want to do it right. The right way is to sand it, feather it out to the undamaged areas, float some mud, I prefer hot mud which is Fixall mixed with patching mud, wet sand it, then prime and paint. It took me almost three months to feel confident with floating, term describes how the 12 inch, and 6 inch knife “float” a thin coat of mud over the wall, or skim, whatever. If you do it yourself, remember highspots, putting on too much mud in certain areas is your enemy. Im a pro so this would be easy for me.

@truecomedian Hi true. I’m certainly not a pro but I do a lot of “fixing” around my house. I don’t know what you mean by “feather it out.” Will you explain—it’ll probably come in handy if you don’t mind.

There’s the damaged part of the wall, then you have the undamaged surrounding area. You have to eventually blend these areas together, so sanding around the damaged area, allows this when you finally get into adding texture or just slick wall.

@thriftymaid: Watch videos on youtube.com about skim coating, plastering, drywalling, etc. If you watch several of them you will have a much better idea of the process than you can get from these commentss.