I painted over wallpaper, and when I tried to remove the painters tape, it pulls loose the wet wall paper?

Question

I painted over wallpaper, and when I tried to remove the painters tape, it pulls loose the wet wall paper?

Answer 1

yup. The wall paper is going to take several day to dry all the way through the wall paper and even then you may still remove the paper. It is best to remove the paper and then paint. You should remove it using a steam machine with a flat wall paper attachment and a plastic scraper and a scorer for about $8. I got my steamer from Lowes for about $50 and it took me and a friend about 2 hours to remove about 2500 square feet of wall paper. It didn't hurt the sheet rock, have a horrible toxic smell or leave a sticky nasty mess and it was dry in about 1 hour for painting.

Answer 2

There is different types of painters tape you can buy according to how new the paint or surface is that your painting over. Try buying tape that is for "delicate surfaces." I used for strips in my bathroom after waiting only 6hr's or so (maybe less) for the paint I'd just put on to dry. It worked phenomenally, leaving perfect lines and pulling zero paint off the wall!

Answer 3

because the wet paint loosened the paper from the wall

Answer 4

No real offense meant and KUDOS to BUD for being first, but did you expect any different?

   I suspect you now have gained what is so often gained after one needs it,,,"Knowledge"

   Still, the paper should now be removed, the wall prepped, the $$$ lost, forgotten, and then re-paint.

Answer 5

that will teach u to paint over wall paper......remove it first

Answer 6

What you done was reactivated the wallpaper (By moisturizing it). You should have used a primer over the wallpaper called ''Locktite'' before you painted it or Killz (Oil based primer). What you need to do is..Spackle over the wallpaper that was damaged when painting, let it dry for 24 hours, than go over top of it with the primer.

Answer 7

Lesson learned.  There are no shortcuts.