"Painting over wallpaper"

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Wendy	May-15-01, 12:36 PM (EST)
"Painting over wallpaper"
We have an old home (1920's) The combined living room/dinig room is lathe and plaster but has about 5 layers of wall paper. The most recent layer is in pretty good shape. It there some product I can use to paint over it without removing the paper,which I don't think I could. I would like some kind of textured paint or technuique to cover up the texture and seams of the wall paper.
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RE: Painting over wallpaper, Fauxnatic , May-16-01, (1) RE: Painting over wallpaper, conniegk, May-17-01, (2) RE: Painting over wallpaper, Mickey, May-18-01, (3) RE: Painting over wallpaper, Bill, May-18-01, (4)

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Fauxnatic	May-16-01, 07:22 AM (EST)
1. "RE: Painting over wallpaper"
Wendy, I would highly recommend a wrinkled "torn paper" technique for this situation ....but first seal the existing wall with an alkyd "odorless" sealer by the Zinnser co...do an archive search on this sight for torn paper info....tissue paper IMO is a tasteful & not to "heavy" look.WayneE
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	conniegk	May-17-01, 09:00 PM (EST)
	2. "RE: Painting over wallpaper"
	Are you absolutely sure everything beneath top layer of paper is solidly adhered? Have had a few problems with painting multi-layers. The weight of paint and/or the water-based paints can sometimes cause bubbling or loosening of paper. Would you consider using oil-base? Maybe someone else has had this experience?
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	Mickey	May-18-01, 06:03 PM (EST)
	3. "RE: Painting over wallpaper"
	I have painted over numerous different wallpapers and have not had anyone call me back as of yet to complain. My method is to make sure all paper is well adheared to the surface, pull any loose stuff. Prime with Bin by zinsser (this is my personal favorite as far as an oil or shellac based primer goes, there are others that are well respected also) Mud the seams and any places where you pulled off loose paper, prime those areas with either Bin or any primer of your choice and now the surface you are working with should accept any type of paint, latex or oil. Mickey
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Bill	May-18-01, 08:09 PM (EST)
4. "RE: Painting over wallpaper"
W, If your home is 1920s that already hung paper may come off easier than you might think.Most pastes used "in them days." was basically wheat flour and water.There are some product on the market now that are enzymes that actually "eat" that old paste. The best one I have found is a product called DIF. You will find that the paint used to seal the plaster walls contained lead. With a removal of the old wallpaper, and a repaint you can encapsulate the old finish with new paint.
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