paint over wallpaper

drmjafri

can I paint over wallpaper

NeverInDebt

You can but some wallpapers are better than others for paint to adhere too and or some may need more than one coat

VfM4meplse

Yes but it is a lazy thing to do. If you spend time stripping this first you'll get a better finish eventually.

wheeliebin_2

Yes you can. If the wall paper is in very good condition with no visible lines it will be okay. As that's rarely the situation any scuffs, tears and gaps between sheets will be highly visible and make the job look horrible. Buy or hire a steamer and good scraper - it shouldn't take long to strip

keystone

What sort of wallpaper?

Cheers

marmitequeen

Yes. If it's in good condition and not vinyl finish you'll get a better wall. We stripped wallpaper only to find loads of wallplugs (134 in one room!!!) that we had to remove and fill and then the old wallpaper paste wouldn't wash or sand off. We scrubbed and scrubbed it but you could always see it. We ended up putting lining paper up and painting that instead.

ormus

as a stop gap then yes. ive done it in the past.
but the finish is never as good as a proper job of stripping off and painting the walls.
a steam stripper makes the job very easy.

dori2o

We mainly have blown yinyl wallpaper in our house and it's all painted so unless your talking about some other kind of paper I don't see the problem.

As for lining paper, wouldn't it bubble when you paint it as the paint soaks into it?

If not, what grade should be used?

fiddiwebb

dori2o wrote: »

We mainly have blown yinyl wallpaper in our house and it's all painted so unless your talking about some other kind of paper I don't see the problem.

As for lining paper, wouldn't it bubble when you paint it as the paint soaks into it?

If not, what grade should be used?

Lining paper shouldn't bubble when painting if pasted right, also gently use a roller/brush when painting.

Grades of paper depends what condition your walls are in, the more imperfections in your walls the thicker the grade of lining paper.

As previous posters have said if you want a good finish if using paper take your time (making sure your surface is as best as possible ie. holes filled in, bumps sanded down) and make sure there are no gaps and no overlaps with your lining paper, if you find you end up with gaps you can try what I have done in the past and fill the gaps with a fine finishing plaster and gently sand down untill flush with the paper and then paint.

savemoney

I tend to but blow vinyl paper so when its on walls its easy to just paint over

You can paint over wallpaper but the finish can vary depending on the wallpaper your painting on, any imperfections can be seen more

Your best getting paper thats designed to allow paint like I mentioned

Robski70

If the walls aren't in an ideal (ideal for lining) condition you can save yourself a lot of time and work by using wallrock R300. It's a new specialist product. Shout if you need more info on it, as I can't provide links on the forum.

Robski