hey there bucky,
i'm not s ure how you previously removed the paper, but if you were "sanding" it, you were going about it entirely wrong.
here's what to do:
get the "paper tiger," and gently roll over the wallpaper to scuff it up.
get stuff called "dif," and mix it up with water. get one of those garden sprayer things and go nuts on the walls, just totally saturate the hell out of them. it starts drying out, saturate again.
then you get a wallpaper razor and gently start to peel it up. if it's still real sticky, go back to the wetting process.
once most of the paper is removed, use a green scrubby pad kind of thing, along with the dif solution again, and try to get the glue off.
getting wallpaper off drywall is a huge pain, but perhaps you haven't tried the above method yet?
if the wallpaper is extremely tight and you can't see any seams or anything, you COULD prime over it, with a good oil primer, like "cover stain" or something.
in my opinion, this is no small sin for anyone to commit, but if the alternative is to gut all the walls, it'd be a close call as to which is worse.
as another alternative:
get 3/8 or even 1/4" drywall and go right over everything that's there.
good luck dude.
i'm not s ure how you previously removed the paper, but if you were "sanding" it, you were going about it entirely wrong.
here's what to do:
get the "paper tiger," and gently roll over the wallpaper to scuff it up.
get stuff called "dif," and mix it up with water. get one of those garden sprayer things and go nuts on the walls, just totally saturate the hell out of them. it starts drying out, saturate again.
then you get a wallpaper razor and gently start to peel it up. if it's still real sticky, go back to the wetting process.
once most of the paper is removed, use a green scrubby pad kind of thing, along with the dif solution again, and try to get the glue off.
getting wallpaper off drywall is a huge pain, but perhaps you haven't tried the above method yet?
if the wallpaper is extremely tight and you can't see any seams or anything, you COULD prime over it, with a good oil primer, like "cover stain" or something.
in my opinion, this is no small sin for anyone to commit, but if the alternative is to gut all the walls, it'd be a close call as to which is worse.
as another alternative:
get 3/8 or even 1/4" drywall and go right over everything that's there.
good luck dude.