One of our bathrooms has had Wall paper on the walls at one time. It seems as if they have painted over the paste instead of removing it. It is now starting to crack and peel. I need help with this. If I try and scrap it off it leaves a really bad spot n the wall. Should I sand it off? Or can I cover it with something and then repaint?
The best thing to do is to sand it. If you can’t get it sanded perfectly smooth, they have really great wall texture mediums you can apply to the freshly prepared walls, then paint them.
November 21st, 2011 at 4:22 pm
The best thing to do is to sand it. If you can’t get it sanded perfectly smooth, they have really great wall texture mediums you can apply to the freshly prepared walls, then paint them.
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November 21st, 2011 at 4:53 pm
you might be able to score it and then apply wallpaper paste remover and scrap the walls. They sell little rollers that will score the wall. you will have a big mess no matter what. good luck.
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November 21st, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Sanding it off would probably be best.
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November 21st, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Use a scraper to scrape off the loose stuff. Then apply spackle to the entire wall. That’s the professional way to do it. I have done it numerous times.
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November 21st, 2011 at 5:26 pm
I think you can sand the walls and Spackle them……..that’s what I did before and it works pretty good…….
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Fix this house……….network t.v.
November 21st, 2011 at 6:00 pm
I actually did see an episode of this same problem on
"Ask This Old House" a few months ago. You can reach them by sending an email to
http://www.thisoldhouse.com
Good luck. They right when I double checked the email address had a topic on the home page of removing wall paper from plaster walls.
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