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Wallpaper glue was painted over, now glue is bumpy and cracking. How to prep/strip so I can properly paint?
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Wallpaper itself was stripped. It’s just the glue under the paint that’s the trouble.
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3 Comments
July 1st, 2010 at 5:09 am
There are wallpaper strippers on the market. Get some and try it on a small area. If it doesn’t work, you’ll have to sand it down. It’s a long, hard process.
July 3rd, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Rent or buy a heat gun to remove the glue.
I had this same problem in my first house–unfortunately, I didn’t use this method first and ended up doing some pretty extensive (and expensive) damage to the drywall using chemical stripper. A friend told me about the heat gun, I rented one for about $20 for the day, and it worked beautifully.
Then just prime the walls with a good sealer/primer like Zinzer (at Home Depot) then paint your heart out.
Good luck.
Hey, P.S.: sanding it down it a big long nasty chore. Don’t go there. The heat gun works great. BTW, I am also a professional painter–scenic artist union, Florida Local 477.
July 5th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
You can either rent or buy a steamer or you could lightly skim coat your walls with joint compound 3 times. Light coats each application and when your done lightly sand with 220 grit paper, prime and paint, that’s the proper way cause your going to be doing some kind of skim coating because you will take some of the paper facing off your sheetrock, good luck.