I began removing the peeling paper in my bathroom, only to discover that the walls had not been primed. I proceeded to try to remove the wallpaper backing with warm water, but I was leaving dings and scrapes in the wallboard. I purchased a wallpaper remover liquid and had the same results. My question is should I just try and paint over the paper remaining on the walls, leaving the paper which hasn't been partially removed up or should I attempt to remove all of the top layer of the paper, prime, and paint? I have only worked on about 20% of the surfaced which need attention.

Talked to a guy who is a pro at this, and he sympathized with my dilema...tried a steamer, DIF, and hot water/vinegar...just made a mess!!....he told me to sand it smooth, taper edges (float) with joint compound, clean up the HUGE gouges I made, sand again, texture, prime, then paint.........up to texture, and I am happy so far!..smooth as a babies...well you know what........do I prime first before texture?? If so no biggie, as my quetion is this....how do I texture??..the current is probably a knockdown orange peel??? It is pretty "pebbly" basically what you see in production builders here...very common style...do I buy the spray can stuff??...it is 10.5" wide at the ceiling...60 feet total..... it is not eye level, or anything that will ever be scrutinized closely....thin and sponge on??...use a paint brush and "flip" it on??...or jsut buy the spray (gosh they want a lot for a can!!)......I can see the light at the end of the tunnell, and I don't THINK it is the train....jsut need a simple technique..thanks!!