Hello Everybody.
So I am renovating my mom's house. The hallway is covered in painted over wallpaper. I have taken down that painted-over wallpaper (it came down with only pulling + a little scraping), only to find more wallpaper underneath.
I have tried using DIF + paper tiger/scoring to remove the wallpaper, but it is going nowhere. Scraping seems to damage the wall more than it does remove the wallpaper. At least the DIF took off the old layer of glue from the top-wallpaper.
The house is from the 40s, but we bought it in the 84. The wall is drywall, but I am not sure if the wall was primed/painted before it was wallpapered. At this point, I am resigned to painting the wallpaper, but I still want it to come out good. All of the seams are flush, and do not pull up at all.
How should I proceed? Should I do several layers of primer? If so, what kind of primer? Should I Skimcoat? Will that adhere? Are there any products specifically for this? I will not rush the prep, but I don't think it is possible to take down this wallpaper without completely destroying the wall.
Alternately, I thought of sanding the wallpaper, then cleaning, then skim coating. Can I sand through the wallpaper, or will the glue just gum up the sandpaper?
Any feedback is highly appreciated.
So I am renovating my mom's house. The hallway is covered in painted over wallpaper. I have taken down that painted-over wallpaper (it came down with only pulling + a little scraping), only to find more wallpaper underneath.
I have tried using DIF + paper tiger/scoring to remove the wallpaper, but it is going nowhere. Scraping seems to damage the wall more than it does remove the wallpaper. At least the DIF took off the old layer of glue from the top-wallpaper.
The house is from the 40s, but we bought it in the 84. The wall is drywall, but I am not sure if the wall was primed/painted before it was wallpapered. At this point, I am resigned to painting the wallpaper, but I still want it to come out good. All of the seams are flush, and do not pull up at all.
How should I proceed? Should I do several layers of primer? If so, what kind of primer? Should I Skimcoat? Will that adhere? Are there any products specifically for this? I will not rush the prep, but I don't think it is possible to take down this wallpaper without completely destroying the wall.
Alternately, I thought of sanding the wallpaper, then cleaning, then skim coating. Can I sand through the wallpaper, or will the glue just gum up the sandpaper?
Any feedback is highly appreciated.