Easiest way to remove wallpaper? Can I paint over it with no problem?

Rfa27203159
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  • Linda Linda on Jun 15, 2018

    You can but I wouldnt. While unpainted you can possibly peel off top layer, score, wet and scrape off. Once painted scoring is difficult to impossible, hard to penetrate paint to wet glue and scraping is more difficult. Likey more damage to wall surface. I would bite the bullet and remove now. Good luck

  • Jcraw Jcraw on Jun 15, 2018

    You can paint over it, but it needs to be in perfect condition, because the paint can make iffy edges lift. Then you’ll want to pull your hair out.

    Bite the bullet and strip it. One layer is not bad.

    Go to our Search box above and type in Removing Wallpaper.

    • Rfa27203159 Rfa27203159 on Jun 17, 2018

      Thanks. Think I am going to hire youth group at church to do it. Sounds good to me.

  • Dianacirce70 Dianacirce70 on Jun 15, 2018

    Painting over it is not a good idea. Even if it looks great at first, the paper can bubble and look terrible. You can get a small, hand held tool called a wallpaper shark, its about $7 at a home store, and run it all over the wall paper. Then mix a solution of 2 parts water 1 part fabric softener and spray it all over the wall paper. Saturate it well without making a soppy mess. Allow it to sit 10 or 15 minutes and the wall paper should peel or scrape right off.

  • Jwien Jwien on Jun 15, 2018

    We bought a home with all wallpaper. NEEDED to get rid of it! It was NOT strippable (where the top layer comes off leaving a paper layer that comes off with water), NEITHER was it applied over previously painted/primed drywall. Yep, straight onto the drywall! After totally destroying a 3'x4' area of drywall I called in a professional - no better luck.


    What we ended up doing was removing any loose or peeling areas, applied a product bought at sherwin williams - maybe called dura-bond or something similar. It applied milky dried clear and they painted over and it's beautiful!

    • Rfa27203159 Rfa27203159 on Jun 15, 2018

      thank you. Will save me hours of labor trying to strip the wallpaper off. Going to Sherwin Williams. Thanks