I would try a coat of cheap maintenance paint first and if the wall paper doesn't bubble leave it in place and paint over it. The glue on the paper may be just as strong as the glue in the sheetrock in which case you will do more damage trying to remove it than it is worth. You may need to lightly sand the paper seams so that they don't show through in which case a light coat of shellac on the seams may be called for to prevent lifting. You may also want to consider a blocker coat to keep any colored pattern from bleeding through as well. Wall paper and sheetrock were not made for one another at all. Wall paper originally began as a quick and cheap way to cover the cracks and other imperfections in plastered walls and in my not so humble opinion has no place in modern homes, except to insure headaches later on.
Dale in the Flatlands.
ddj0195 wrote:The second house has wallpaper every where. Is it possible to remove the wall paper and be able to paint the walls with an eggshell paint? I've worked on small areas and I may not have been using the best techniques. It was a major project and the removal took off some of the sheet rock cover, as well as leaving behind wallpaper paste.
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