I have wallpaper on my walls. Can i just texture over them , or do i have to prep the walls first?

Answer 1

it is recommended to remove the wallpaper... then deal with the walls...

Answer 2

You can texture over wallpaper, but bear in mind that wallpaper is water soluble so if you're using a water-based texture material, your wallpaper may start to lift... which means your texturing material may crack and fall off...

I suggest you remove the wallpaper, just to be on the safe side and not have to do the work twice. It's quite easy to remove wallpaper... if you email me, I'll tell you the easiest, cheapest most reliable way to do it (which is the way we do it all the time and it hasn't failed me yet!)

Answer 3

I'm a union painter...Do NOT texture over the paper!!! It won't even stick and will run down the wall. Even if you kilz it it will bubble from the moisture in the texture.
You going to have to strip the paper!! This is awesome though cuz you dint really have to worry so much about being extra careful not to damage the walls when removing the paper. The texture will hide lots of holes and paper scuffs. If you do pull the paper after using a tiger scorer and diff gel and the paper pulls the face paper of the drywall off..then you will have to patch that, Good luck

Answer 4

i have used domicile Depot's Venetian Plaster on numerous rooms after eliminating wallpaper. that's a staggering alternative for wallpaper because your wall is flat and preped for already. i'm redoing a room now with vice chairman and having to sand down the texturing...no longer relaxing! that's basic to apply in simple terms keep on with the steps contained in the pamplet. i could use the right coat fairly of burnishing, it has a a lot smoother end and it supplies more advantageous assessment to the product. solid success!

Answer 5

I would remove the old wallpaper, heat it or steam it and scrape it off. You shouldn't have to do anything else.