How to remove wallpaper directly applied to the sheet rock?
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How can I remove layers and layers of wallpaper on my walls?
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I also would like to know what to do in this situation??
I have removed wallpaper with lemon, viniger and water not easy takes time
we had this happen, according to my friend that is a contractor, new sheet rock or sanding it are your only options...not the answer I wanted to hear either!!
Since we are planning a bigger renovation down the road, we sanded the best we could, but it looks awful painted...I despise the idiot that decided to do this!!
We did this when I was a kid. We soaked the wallpaper with a sponge in vinegar and water. Keep applying until a putty knife easily removed the paper. It takes a long time. Afterwards we washed the wall with the vinegar mix until residual paste was gone. Work in small sections. Start wetting second area while scrapping first section.
Score the paper gently with a wallpaper scoring device. Then mix up some Downy fabric softener and warm water in a spray bottle. Spray down the wallpaper really good and BE PATIENT...wait for a good 15-20 minutes. If it's not peeling off spray it again and wait. The paper will peel right off.
I looked at the photo again and this is exactly what I started with in my bathroom. Skim coating. You can do it.
Absolutely agree, skim coating is going to be your most inexpensive, easiest solution to do it yourself. It will add some fun texture to your walls and save you TONS of money.
Skim coating works best, but as I am not able to do that, I paid a professional painter to do it, patching the places where more than the paper came off, and then paint the whole bathroom.
Yep, I had this same situation in a house years ago. I hired a professional painter wallpaper installer to come in to paint the room after I spent hours scoring, soaking trying to remove it. He said I should have just skim coated it and no one would have noticed.
I had the same situation. We ended up putting up new sheet rock because the room was quite large and it was easier than skim coating.
We rented one of the machines that sprays on wall texture and did a light "orange peel " type of texture over our walls. We have a manufactured home, that has awful printed "wallpaper" that is actually a part of the drywall used on our construction. We washed the walls to remove any greasiness and then sprayed on the wall texture (took some trial and error as my husband was used to stopping at the end of each stroke...it made large splots) the key is to KEEP MOVING.. we also found that if we mixed the drywall mud (we used pre-mixed) with a little water it sprayed on better. Then we primed and painted... came out quite nice.
as I have a second bath with exact same problem, I will try this!! Thank you!!