There is a house of dreams! As you roll into the driveway, you couldn’t live in a greater place. Serene Forest, beautiful home, incredible curb appeal, and best of all just the price. When you walk into the house you are very pleased with the layout of the bedrooms etc. But you hesitate for a moment and see the rustic ugliness in the wallpaper. The walls are lined with peasant hearts and apples in baskets accompanied by a farmer pushing a cart of fruit. Each and every room in the house has some type of wall with a rustic theme. Here you are very displeased, and the home does not appeal to you so much as it does from the outside. The good news is, there are two ways to get rid of unwanted wallpaper and it can take much less time.
Wallpaper can be painted on if handled correctly and you follow the correct procedure. Because wallpaper is water permeable, it is important to prepare the walls before painting. Follow these instructions before painting:
1. Carefully observe each digit of the paper for peeling, tearing, or tears.
2. Repair any seams that may peel off the edges by gluing back into place with wallpaper glue.
3. Use a spatula or drywall mud to fill in any areas that are uneven due to rips or tears.
4. Take care that the wall is clean and free from any foreign substance.
Once the above procedure is complete, you are ready for the first wall. It is very important that the walls are primed with an oil based primer. Oil based primers do not soak through the paper as it peels. If you use a water-based paint, it starts to bubble and peel. After the entire wall has been printed with an oil-based primer, you should again observe the wall for any unwanted textures, ridges, or uneven surfaces. These must be trimmed before they are painted. Texture and uneven surfaces need to be filled again with putty or drywall and unwanted joints need to be re-glued.
Prepare to paint. Choose the color you would like for the wall. Again, oil-based paint is suggested as an extra barrier. You may also want to use water based paint, but if you have any exposed areas that are not covered with primer oil or open seams, you will feel bubbling and the film will peel.
You can stand behind the picture of the finished after and look at the uncomfortable wallpaper in the beautiful room that was once painted.
Pros for painting versus wallpaper removal include:
1. They consume less time. removing wallpaper can be very difficult. It is recommended that to remove place to steam the wall, drill the area, steam it. board again, punch the paper a second time, spray the entire wall with fabric softener, punch the wall a third time, then begin to peel off the paper. It’s a very time consuming process and still doesn’t prevent you from running into issues like drywall paper sticking and drywall paper pulling off leaving an uneven surface.
2. The trim does not have to be removed if it covers the wallpaper. As long as you have a good tool to paint close to everything trimmed.
Cons for painting versus remove wallpaper include:
1. A more expensive comparison. The cost of oil based paints is much higher than water based paints.
2. Smoke the edges. It is necessary to open the window and do proper ventilation if you use oil primers and paint. The fumes created can be dangerous.
3. Cleaning is difficult. Oil based paints and primers are much more difficult to clean. Water-based paints are much easier soluble in clean water and much easier.
However, if you want to paint across the wall or remove the wall all at once, you have a task ahead of you. Ready to focus on either process. Goodbye and happy painting.
