We're about to paint the interior walls but first have to strip back the existing paintwork. The walls are plaster and in the past some rising damp has caused the paint near the floor to flake off, which makesw it easy to strip back.
The original paint seems to be have been applied over what I've been told is probably kalsomine which seems to have been applied with a roller because it has a rippled look. This is making it really hard to strip back because although paint stripper removes the top coats the scraper can't get into the ripple valleys to remove the paint there.
This is the worst job in the world, even worse than crawling on your belly under bearers. Does anyone have any ideas that may make this a little more bearable?