Originally Posted By: Gebo
Originally Posted By: Wolf359
Originally Posted By: Gebo
Ok, you have some great ideas. Let me add a wrinkle.
The other walls in our house are done in what I have heard call "knockdown." This is the texture she wants in the bathrooms. Is there some way to cover the wallpaper with a type of sealer and then get this type of look on the walls.
In other words, this is type of look we want to end up with.
Technically that's an awful look. It's the cheap way out of a job and lots of contractors sell it like it's a good look, but it's not. Basically you just texture the walls so you don't have to come back and sand the walls. Most people don't like it but I guess there are some out there that do. Smooth walls cost more money.
Anyway, the standard methods of removing wallpaper are basically mentioned above. One other way is to just skim coat over it. I'd advise against painting over it. Although it may look good 98% of the time, you can tell it's painted over wall paper either because of the seams or the corners or the tops/bottoms of the wallpaper will not be perfect.
Thanks for the cut down. In our area this is the most expensive way to do walls at about $7 more per sheet. Very labor intensive and many buckets of "goop." The nearest dry wallers that we have found to do it are 2 hours away. It's too time consuming for most contractors is what I have been told.
We've had people come to our house and ask to see it because they heard about it. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Technically that's and awfull look?! That makes NO SENSE!! This is a CLASSIC wall board look! I did MY bathroom this way using plaster of Paris. You have to work fast with that stuff sets up HARD real fast! Still is great 16 years later. I did give it a think coat of bamboo green tint paint - Barely off white.
The cheap junk look is Popcorn - usually used on ceilings.