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My neighbor told me to just paint over the old wallpaper
He said it would save me a full weekend of stripping it off. I bought a gallon of paint and started rolling it on in my living room. After about two hours, the paint started to bubble and peel right off the slick surface. I ended up spending the next three days scraping off both the new paint and the old, sticky wallpaper. Has anyone actually made painting over wallpaper work, or is it always a bad idea?
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the_terry15d ago
Tried that once in a bathroom. The paint looked okay for a week, then the seams started to show through like ghost lines. It all peeled off in big, sad sheets when the shower steam got to it. My quick fix turned into a full re-drywall project. I should have just listened to my own gut instead of the guy at the hardware store.
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daniel47414d agoTop Commenter
Hardware store advice is a special kind of wrong. Those guys just read the can label back to you. Bathroom moisture laughs at regular paint. Always feels like a project that should be easy ends up being the worst one.
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king.aaron8d ago
That sounds like a total nightmare, and @the_terry's story proves it's never just a quick fix. Wallpaper glue and paint just don't stick together for the long haul. You always end up doing the job twice.
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