PAINTING OVER OLD
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By reading the how to instructions below, you should be able to find the wallpaper repairing and painting information that your looking for.
If after doing the wallpaper removal test mentioned on the following page and you decide to take off your old wallpaper, then you can click on this remove wallpaper link for help you get rid of the dried on sticky stuff.
With that said, in my experience, I have found, some wallpaper is just not possible to remove without destroying the finish of the wall's surface. Also, in some situations the drywall surface under the wallpaper, is so poor, that you don't want to remove the wallpaper, for fear of creating a larger more costly problem.
With your vinegar water solution mixed together, spray a wallpaper seam, the area where the seam is located should be as inconspicuous as possible ( in case the paper gets torn). After the water vinegar solution has sat on the wallpaper for a few minute, try and remove the wallpaper at the seam.
When removing the wallpaper, you might need the help of a 3" or 4" wide drywall knife. Keep in mind, you don't want to marr the walls surface, or destroy the paper while you do your test, as you may end up painting over the wallpaper and prior to painting, you will want to glue the wallpaper back on that you just tried to remove.
If the paper doesn't lift from a walls surface easily, proceed to the next step of painting over the wallpaper.
Before beginning a painting wallpaper job, talk to your local paint dealer about tools, products and advice regarding the work at hand.
- Paintable caulking (with gun).
- Drywall knife (3" or so wide) and filler.
- Top quality primer (for coating wallpaper).
- Top quality paint.
- Paint tray.
- Roller/cover, extension pole.
- Cut can.
- 2 1/2" sash brush.
- Sharp utility knife.
- Glue for wallpaper.
- Plastic, drop cloths, tape, masking.
- Medium grit sponge sander (for filled holes).
Your walls need to be as smooth as can be, but in most cases, as each type of paper and wall surface is different, due to bumps, ridges and texture, a nice even, uniform surface is not possible.
Filling holes and seams in damaged wallpaper, tends to make the filling job stand out. If your a little on the artistic side and the paper feels bumpy, try and imitate the papers texture in the filler after the filler has dried a little.
What would work the best though, is replacing the damaged paper with a square of the original wallpaper.
Seams that stand out, can be filled with drywall mud, just prime the wall first, fill any holes and seams, sand the filler, then re-prime the filler. With that said, not all seams can be filled and the only way to find out what your wallpaper seams will look like filled and painted, is to fill and paint them.
If you have an area to test that won't stand out to badly, you might want to see what your seam filling and painting wallpaper project is going to look like before doing an entire room.
In most situations, it's best not to fill your wallpapers seams, painted wallpaper with the seams showing and not filled, looks like your old wallpaper in a different color.
As opposed to trying to make the surface not look like wallpaper and ending up (due to the drywall mud) with wide vertical lines on your walls surface, every foot and a half or so.
The key to painting wallpaper, is to do a quality job of preparation, like caulking around the room (if needed), where the wallpaper meets the ceiling and baseboards.
Glue down curled old paper and repair cracks or holes. Even after prepping properly, you must use a primer that is specifically designed to go over wallpaper, otherwise the paper might fall right off the wall, while the paint is drying.
Talk to your local paint supplier regarding the best primer, paint and tools to use with your wallpaper painting project.
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