Wall paper everywhere.....
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Patty S on Oct 11, 2015Painting over may moisten it to the point of it falling off. I am afraid you are headed to the dreaded removal. Painting over will still show the seams.Helpful Reply
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Janet Pizaro on Oct 11, 2015Honestly even though you are going to rent the house I do not recommend you painting over the wall paper as the paint will make the paper peel. There are stripp.ers you can apply to aid the process. Try your local home improvement storeHelpful Reply
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Liliana Wells on Oct 11, 2015It all depends on how smooth the wallpaper is. We have successfully painted over wallpaper. But if you have bubbles,uneven joints (between the strips of wallpaper) or lifts, then you will have to take it down. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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Carolyn on Oct 11, 2015I had to do the dreaded removal but did find an easier way to remove in small sections and found that I needed a little patience. I used hot water with vinegar...then sprayed a workable section...waited about ten minutes and used a putty knife and it slide off in big sections. Hope this helpsHelpful Reply
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Elisangela Siliprandi Radloff on Oct 11, 2015How much water and how much vinegar?Helpful Reply
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Cindy on Oct 11, 2015you can drench it with hot water as hot you can stand on your hands let sit for about 5 minutes then the top layer should peel over rather easily then soak bottom layer and use a large putty knife or at the paint store you can buy a large blade with a long handle witch is fantastic its for wall paper you can also put a little bit of fabric softner in your water. painting over wall paper is not a good idea could be very awful if the paint starts to loosen it then your looking at removing the paper any ways and wasting the time and money you just spent on the paintHelpful Reply
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Lynda on Oct 11, 2015we bought an older house and it only had wallpaper on the walls and at least 3/4 layers at that. While I was able to pull off the top layer I was wrecking the wall trying to take off the other layers. Believe me when I say I tried everything. Then I tried to put a skim coat on the walls. Made a mess of that too. Ended hiring a painter who put a skim coat on,sanded and then painted over it. If you paint over wall paper always, always always use flat paint. I tried using semi in a small hallway. Every seam, every thing showed thru. The painter I hired used flat paint as it showed less imperfections even with the skim coat. It was costly, $1200.00 for two decent size rooms but in the end well worth every penny.Helpful Reply
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Anna on Oct 11, 2015If it is going to be a rental, why bother?Helpful Reply
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Rosemary on Oct 11, 2015It's my house....that I'll be using it as a rental for a few years while we are traveling with the military. As a home that will be strictly rented to military it has to be in pres-teen condition. Which is why I am asking paint over the walk paper or bust my rear removing it....Helpful Reply
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Mimi Haywood on Oct 13, 2015Do not paint over, I am a retired paper hanger. You can expect every wallpaper to have a different reaction to remove, they are like fingerprints on a person and no two are alike when you want it to be an easy job to remove. My best tool for removing was a good sprayer with very warm water to melt underlying glue. Be careful not to dig into wet drywall with your scraper tool. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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Debi53 on Oct 13, 2015I feel your pain. I, too, have removed an entire house of wallpaper. Here is a link to a product called Simple Strip that you might consider. There is a short video which shows the product being used. http://www.simplestrip.com/Helpful Reply
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Vicki on Oct 14, 2015I am told that fabric softener and water will dissolve the glue. 30 years ago I used specially formulated and expensive remover. Try fabric softener - it's at least a cheap trick.Helpful Reply
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Lyndal Bruns on Oct 14, 2015I'm pretty sure you can buy wall paper now that will glue over your existing wall paper if it isn't embossed. Get a profession to hang it especially if it has a pattern. I've learnt to buy plain for everything. It depends if you'll allow the tenants to hang pictures as wall paper can be a bit tricky to fill in the holes left. There are so many beautiful wall papers now, I don't know whether you have Laura Ashley but they make beautiful wall papers and have great sales. At least renting to the Military you will have good tenants.Helpful Reply
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Lori Harmon on Oct 16, 2015If the house was new when you papered it and it wasn't really well primed, you're going to have a really difficult time getting it off without wrecking the drywall and it might be better to at least try painting a wall or two to see how it looks and holds up.Helpful Reply
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