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Household Hints & Help

packman

(16,296 posts)

3. Don't even try

Reply to 840high (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 10:08 AM

Sep 2014

you'll regret it if not in the very near future but for sure somewhere down the road. Think about it - paint over wallpaper creates a water/vapor barrier, so it's going to lift like a blister.There's products to spray on wallpaper which makes them easy to peel, but a rental steamer can be had for the stubborn wallpaper. Messy, but necessary.

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Paint over wallpaper? [View all] 840high Sep 2014 OP

dont,do it. Chaco Dundee Sep 2014 #1

Guy at the paint store told me it was possible if The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #2

Don't even try packman Sep 2014 #3

As someone who has rehabed an old house with several rooms like this: Paper Roses Sep 2014 #4

Thank you all. So glad 840high Sep 2014 #5

in my mobile home, i painted over the vinyl wallpaper in every room NMDemDist2 Sep 2014 #6

Thank you very much. 840high Sep 2014 #7

we tried on one! wall in the back bedroom to remove, re-mud and sand NMDemDist2 Sep 2014 #8