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ChadTower:

I need to redo my bathroom... this weekend, taking down the existing wallpaper, hitting the room with an antimicrobe mist since we get mold in there, and painting with a good bathroom paint.  The only thing I'm not sure on is removing this particular wallpaper.  It's a "waterproof" type almost like vinyl.  I assume the usual method of spraying with a solution to soak through to the glue won't work here.  Anyone have a better method aside from maybe steam?

shardian:
You can get a wallpaper steamer. i picked up one at a rummage sale one time since it was only $1. I used that thing when I redid a bedroom in my house. There simply is no substitute for a good wallpaper steamer. It worked awesome.

As to paint, Semigloss is more than adequate in a bathroom.

ChadTower:

Every web tutorial I'm reading says to use steam as a last resort if the paper is over drywall.  Does your house have drywall or plaster?

The one thing working in my favor here is that it's not all that much wallpaper.

whammoed:
Have you tried just peeling it off as-is yet?  Sometimes you get lucky and it just comes off.
They make wallpaper scorers also...little doodads that poke holes all over the wallpaper to let the remover solution get to the glue.
I hate wallpaper.

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 15, 2008, 12:08:07 pm ---
Every web tutorial I'm reading says to use steam as a last resort if the paper is over drywall.  Does your house have drywall or plaster?

The one thing working in my favor here is that it's not all that much wallpaper.

--- End quote ---
Never in my life have I seen wallpaper applied directly to unfinished drywall. Peel up a section and see what is underneath. If there is paint, then steam won't hurt a thing.

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